Erwin J. Mantei, Ph.D

material for exam

Mantei EJ and Coonrod DL (1989) Heavy metals in stream sediments adjacent to a sanitary landfill. Environ Geol Water Sci 13 (1) Springer-Verlag: 51-58_ click here to see paper

Mantei EJ and Foster MV (1991) Heavy metals in stream sediments: Effects of human activities. Environ Geol Water Sci 18 (2) Springer-Verlag: 95-104_ click here to see paper

Mantei EJ, Ernst RL and Zhou Y (1993) Comparison of metal homogeneity in grab, quartered, and crushed-sieved portions of stream sediments and metal content change resulting from crushing-sieving activity. Environ Geol 22 (2) Springer-Verlag: 186-190_ click here to see paper

Mantei EJ and Sappington EJ (1994) Heavy metal concentrations in sediments of streams affected by a sanitary landfill: A comparison of metal enrichment in two size sediment fractions. Environ Geol 24 (4) Springer-Verlag: 287-292_ click here to see paper

Mantei EJ, Gutierrez M and Zhou Y (1996) Use of normalized metal concentrations in the Mn oxides/hydrous oxides extraction phase of stream sediments to enhance the difference between a landfill emission plume and background. Applied Geochemistry 11 (6) Elsevier Science Ltd.: 803-810 click here to see paper   

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE PROJECTS CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES:

     1. Uptake of Zinc, Cadmium and Lead Concentrations in Soils by Tomato Plants
        (Phyto-remediation). Third Place winner in the Environmental Section at the
         Ozarks Regional Science and Mathematics Fair--1999.  CLICK HERE

     2. Elevated Concentrations of Copper, Lead, Zinc and Phosphorous in Stream
         Sediments affected by point and non-point emission sources. Third Place winner
          in the Environmental Section at the Ozarks Regional Science and Mathematics
          Fair--2000. CLICK HERE

     3. The Variation of Lead Concentrations in Soils at Street Intersections with
         Respect to Traffic Density and the Same in Soils at An Old House Location.
         First Place and Grand Prize winner in the Environmental Section at the Ozarks
         Regional Science and Mathematics Fair--2000.  CLICK HERE 

     4. The Concentrations of Chromium, Arsenic, and Copper in the soils below CCA
         treated decks as a function of the age of the deck. CLICK HERE

     5. The Variation of Lead Concentrations in Soils on School Properties Affected by
         Traffic Densities. First Place and Grand Prize winner in the Environmental
         Section at the Ozarks Regional Science and Mathematics Fair and Best
         Environmental Research Paper (Alshof Award) at the Junior Missouri Academy
         of Science--2001. CLICK HERE

     6.  The Concentrations of Lead in the Soils Next to a Old House Painted with Lead
          Paint.  CLICK HERE

     7. The Effect of Prevailing Wind Directions on the Lead Concentrations in soils at
         Traffic Light Intersections. Second Place winner in the Environmental Section
         at the Ozarks Regional Science and Mathematics Fair--Research Paper was a
         semi-finalist in the National Young Scientist Competition (last 400 out of
         14,000+ papers  CLICK HERE  

     8. The Effects of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Stream Sediments on Macro-
          invertebrates. Second Place winner in the Environmental Section at the Ozarks
         Regional Science and Mathematics Fair CLICK HERE