Xianzeng Niu

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Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

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Recent Publications

Exploring the trend of stream sulfate concentrations as U.S. power plants shift from coal to shale gas

Niu, X., Wen, T. & Brantley, S. L., Sep 1 2021, In: Environmental Pollution. 284, 117102.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Assessing Contamination of Stream Networks near Shale Gas Development Using a New Geospatial Tool

Agarwal, A., Wen, T., Chen, A., Zhang, A. Y., Niu, X., Zhan, X., Xue, L. & Brantley, S. L., Jul 21 2020, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 54, 14, p. 8632-8639 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Three Principles to Use in Streamlining Water Quality Research through Data Uniformity

Shaughnessy, A. R., Wen, T., Niu, X. & Brantley, S. L., Dec 3 2019, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 23, p. 13549-13550 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Exploring How to Use Groundwater Chemistry to Identify Migration of Methane near Shale Gas Wells in the Appalachian Basin

Wen, T., Woda, J., Marcon, V., Niu, X., Li, Z. & Brantley, S. L., Aug 6 2019, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 15, p. 9317-9327 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Detecting the effects of coal mining, acid rain, and natural gas extraction in Appalachian basin streams in Pennsylvania (USA) through analysis of barium and sulfate concentrations

Niu, X., Wendt, A., Li, Z., Agarwal, A., Xue, L., Gonzales, M. & Brantley, S. L., Apr 1 2018, In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 40, 2, p. 865-885 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

One Step toward Developing Knowledge from Numbers in Regional Analysis of Water Quality

Niu, X., Wen, T., Li, Z. & Brantley, S. L., Mar 20 2018, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 6, p. 3342-3343 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Big Groundwater Data Sets Reveal Possible Rare Contamination Amid Otherwise Improved Water Quality for Some Analytes in a Region of Marcellus Shale Development

Wen, T., Niu, X., Gonzales, M., Zheng, G., Li, Z. & Brantley, S. L., Jun 19 2018, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 12, p. 7149-7159 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An ontology driven relational geochemical database for the earth's critical zone: CZchemDB

Niu, X. Z., Williams, J. Z., Miller, D., Lehnert, K., Bills, B. & Brantley, S. L., Jun 2014, In: Journal of Environmental Informatics. 23, 2, p. 10-23 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

CZChemDB and EarthChem: Advancing management and access of critical zone geochemical data

Niu, X., Lehnert, K. A., Williams, J. & Brantley, S. L., Jun 2011, In: Applied Geochemistry. 26, SUPPL., p. S108-S111

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Reliability and input-data induced uncertainty of the EPIC model to estimate climate change impact on sorghum yields in the U.S. Great Plains

Niu, X., Easterling, W., Hays, C. J., Jacobs, A. & Mearns, L., Jan 2009, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 129, 1-3, p. 268-276 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Carbon sequestration potential by afforestation of marginal agricultural land in the Midwestern U.S.

Niu, X. & Duiker, S. W., Mar 1 2006, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 223, 1-3, p. 415-427 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Improving the realism of modeling agronomic adaptation to climate change: Simulating technological substitution

Easterling, W. E., Chhetri, N. & Niu, X., Sep 2003, In: Climatic Change. 60, 1-2, p. 149-173 25 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review