Cynthia McClain

Cynthia McClain

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Background

Educational Background

PhD Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 2016

MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2011

BS Geology, University of California at Davis, 2008

Research

Areas of Research

Groundwater, Water quality, Environmental monitoring

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Publications

McClain CN, Fendorf S, Johnson S, Menendez A, Maher K (2019) Lithologic and redox controls on hexavalent chromium in vadose zone sediments of California’s Central Valley Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 265, 478-494. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.044.

Kerr J, Zettel J, McClain CN, Kruk M (2018) Monitoring heavy metal concentrations in turbid rivers: Can fixed frequency sampling regimes accurately determine criteria exceedance frequencies, distribution statistics and temporal trends? Ecological Indicators, 93, 447-457. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.05.028. 

Hausladen D, Alexander-Ozinskis A, McClain CN, Fendorf S (2018) Hexavalent chromium sources and distribution in California groundwater, Environmental Science & Technology, 52, 8242-8251. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b06627.

McClain CN, Fendorf S, Webb S, Maher K (2017) Quantifying Cr(VI) production and export from serpentine soil of the California Coast Range, Environmental Science & Technology, 51, 141-149. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b03484. 

McClain CN, Maher K (2016) Chromium fluxes and speciation in ultramafic catchments and global rivers, Chemical Geology, 426, 135-157. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.01.021.