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Publications
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Nativ, R. and Weisbrod, N., 1994: Hydraulic connections among subaquifers of the Coastal Plain Aquifer, Israel. Ground Water 6, 997-1008.

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Nativ, R. and Weisbrod, N., 1994: Management of a multilayered coastal aquifer - the Israeli case. Water Resources Management 8, 297-311.

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Weisbrod, N., Ronen, D. and Nativ, R., 1996: A new method for sampling groundwater colloids under natural gradient flow conditions. Environmental Science and Technology 30, 3094-3099.
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Weisbrod, N., Nativ, R., Ronen, D. and Adar, E., 1998: On the variability of fracture surfaces in unsaturated chalk. Water Resources Research 34 (8), 1881-1887.

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Weisbrod, N., Nativ, R., Adar, E. and Ronen, D., 1999: Impact of intermittent flow of rainwater and wastewater on coated and uncoated fractures in chalk. Water Resources Research 35, 3211-3222.

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Dahan, O., Nativ, R., Adar, E. A., Berkowitz, B. and Weisbrod, N., 2000: On fracture structure and preferential flow in unsaturated chalk. Ground Water 38 (3), 444-451.
 
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Weisbrod, N., Nativ, R., Adar, E. and Ronen, D., 2000: Salt accumulation and flushing in unsaturated fractures in an arid environment. Ground Water 38 (3), 452-461.
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Weisbrod, N., Nativ, R., Adar, E., Ronen, D. and Ben-Nun, A., 2000: The impact of coating and weathering on the properties of chalk fracture surfaces. Journal of Geophysical Research B12, 27, 853-864.
 
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Weisbrod, N., Dahan, O. and Adar, E. A., 2002: Particle transport in unsaturated fractured chalk under arid conditions. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 56, 117-136.

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Blume, T., Weisbrod, N. and Selker, J. S., 2002: Permeability changes in layered sediments: Impact of particle release. Ground Water 40 (5), 466-474.
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Niemet, R. M., Rockhold, M. L., Weisbrod, N. and Selker, J. S., 2002: Relationships between gas-liquid interfacial surface area, liquid saturation and light transmission in variably saturated porous media. Water Resources Research 38 (8), 10-12.

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Weisbrod, N., Niemet, R. M. and Selker, J. S., 2002: Imbibition of saline solutions into dry and prewetted porous media. Advances in Water Resources 25 (7), 841-855.

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Weisbrod, N., Niemet, R. M., McGinnis, T. and Selker, J. S., 2003: Water vapor transport in the vicinity of imbibing saline solutions: homogenous and layered systems. Water Resources Research 39 (6) 1145, doi: 10.1029/2002WR001539

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Weisbrod, N., Niemet, R. M. and Selker, J. S., 2003: A light transmission technique for the evaluation of colloidal transport and dynamics in porous media. Environmental Science & Technology 37, 3694-3700.

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Dragila, M. I. and Weisbrod, N., 2003: Parameters affecting maximum fluid transport in large aperture fractures. Advances in Water Resources 26 (12), 1219-1228.

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Dragila, M. I. and Weisbrod, N., 2004: Fluid motion through an unsaturated fracture junction. Water Resources Research. 40, W02402, doi: 10.1029/2003WR002356.

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Weisbrod, N., Niemet, R. M., Rockhold, M. L., McGinnis, T. and Selker, J. S., 2004: Migration of saline solutions into variably saturated porous media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 72, 109-133.

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Dragila, M. I. and Weisbrod, N., 2004: Flow in rivulet menisci corners. Vadose Zone Journal 3, 1439-1442.
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Blume, T., Weisbrod, N. and Selker, J. S., 2005: On the critical salt concentrations for particle detachment in homogeneous sand and heterogeneous Hanford sediments. Geoderma 124, 121-132.

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Degen, A. and Weisbrod, N., 2004: Can the pastoral nomads return to their traditional livelihood of raising livestock in the Registan desert of southern Afghanistan? Journal of Nomadic Peoples 8 (2), 214-229.

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Wiel-Shafran, A., Gross, A., Ronen, Z., Weisbrod, N. and Adar E., 2005: Effects of surfactants originating from reuse of greywater on capillary rise in the soil. Water Science & Technology 52 (10-11), 157-166.

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Weisbrod, N. and Dragila, M. I., 2006: Potential impact of convective fracture venting on salt-crust buildup and groundwater salinization in arid environments. Journal of Arid Environments 65, 386-399.

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Wiel-Shafran, A., Ronen, Z., Weisbrod, N., Adar, E. and Gross, A. 2006: Changes in soil properties following irrigation with surfactant-rich greywater. Ecological Engineering, 26, 348-354.
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Zvikelsky, O., and Weisbrod, N. 2006: Impact of particle size on colloid transport in discrete fractures, Water Resour. Res., 42, W12S08, doi:10.1029/2006WR004873.
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Burns, E. R., Dragila, M. I., Selker, J. S., Guenther, R. B. Parlange, J. Y. and Weisbrod, N. 2007: Buckingham-Darcy Law for flow of variable strength salt solutions in variably saturated porous media. Advances in Water Resources, 30, 469-482.
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Shani, C., Weisbrod, N., Yakirevich A.2008: Colloid transport through saturated sand columns: influence of physical and chemical surface properties on deposition. Colloid and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 316, 142-150
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Sorek, A., Atzmon, N.,  Dahan, O., Gerstl, Z., Kutischin, L., Laor, Y., Mingelgrin, U., Nasser, A., Ronen, D., Tsechansky, L., Weisbrod, N., Graber, E.R., 2008: Phytoscreening: The use of trees for discovering subsurface contamination by VOCs. Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 536-542.
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Mishurov, M., Yakirevich, A. and Weisbrod N., 2008: Colloid transport in a heterogeneous partially saturated sand column.  Environmental Science & Technology 42 (4), 1066-1071, 2008. 10.1021/es071780f.
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Travis, M., Weisbrod, N. and Gross A., 2008: Accumulation of oil and grease in soils irrigated with greywater and the potential effect on soil water repellency. Science of the Total Environment, 394, 68-74.
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Nachshon, U., Weisbrod, N., Dragila M., 2008: Quantification of convection through fractures - Laboratory study. Vadose Zone Journal 7(3), 1-9.
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Gal, H., Ronen, Z., Weisbrod, N., Dahan, O., Nativ, R., 2008: Perchlorate Biodegradation in Contaminated Soils and the Deep Unsaturated Zone. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40 (7), 1751-1757.
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Zvikelsky, O., Weisbrod, N. and Avraham, D. A 2008: Comparison between the transport of artificial and natural colloids in natural discrete fractures. J. Colloid and Interface Science 323, 286-292.
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Magal, E., Weisbrod, N., Yakirevich, A., and Yechieli, Y., 2008: The use of fluorescent dyes as tracers in highly saline groundwater.  J. Hydrology (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.05.035)
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Weisbrod, N., Dragila, M.I. Nachshon U., Pillersdorf, M., 2009: Falling through the cracks: the role of fractures in earth-atmosphere gas exchange. Geophysical Research Letters. 36, L02401, doi:10.1029/2008GL036096.
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Kamai, T., N. Weisbrod, and M. I. Dragila , 2009: Impact of ambient temperature on evaporation from surface-exposed fractures, Water Resources Research, 45, W02417, doi:10.1029/2008WR007354.
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Tang, X. and Weisbrod, N., 2009: Colloid-facilitated transport of Pb in natural discrete fractures. Environmental Pollution, 157, 2266-2274, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.034.

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37. Sagi-Ben Moshe, S., Ronen, Z., Dahan, O., Weisbrod, N., Groisman, L., Adar, E. M. and Nativ, R., 2009: Sequential biodegradation of TNT, RDX and HMX in a mixture. Environmental Pollution, 157, 2231-2238, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2009.04.012. Full article
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Weisbrod, N., McGinnis, T., Niemet, R. M., Rockhold, M. L. and Selker, J. S., 2009: Effective darcy-Scale contact angles in porous media imbibing solutions of various surface tensions. Water Resources Research. 45, W00D39, doi:10.1029/2008WR006957.

 
39. Gal, H., Weisbrod, N., Dahan, O and Ronen, Z., 2009: Perchlorate accumulation and migration in the deep vadose zone in a semiarid region. Journal of Hydrology, 378, 142-149, doi:10.1016/j.hydrol.2009.09.018.  
40. Ronen, D., Weiner-Lev, H., Graber, E., Dahan, O. and Weisbrod N., 2010, Simultaneous counter-flow of chlorinated volatile organic compounds across the saturated - unsaturated interface region of an aquifer. Water Research, 44, 2107-2112, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.016.  
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Tang, X. and Weisbrod, N.,2010, Soluble and Colloidal transport of Cs in natural discrete fractures. Journal of Environmental Quality, , 39(3) 1066-1076, doi:10.2134/jeq2009.0345.

 
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Travis, M.J., Wiel-Shafran, A., Weisbrod, N., Adar, E., Gross, A.,2010, Greywater reuse for irrigation: effect on soil properties. Science of the Total Environment, 408, 2501-2508, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.005.

 
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Magal E, Weisbrod, N., Yakirevich A., Kurtzman D. and Yechieli, Y., 2010.  Line source field tracer experiment for assessment of high groundwater velocity. Groundwater. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00707.x

 
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Kurtzman, D., Netzer, L., Weisbrod, N., Graber, E.R., and Ronen, D., 2010. Steady-state homogeneous approximations of vertical velocity from open-borehole and packed-off EC profiles. Groundwater. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00720.x

 
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S. Sagi-Ben Moshe, Z. Ronen, O. Dahan, A. Bernstein, N. Weisbrod, F. Gelman and E. Adar., 2010. Isotopic evidence and quantification assessment of in-situ RDX biodegradation in the deep unsaturated zone. Soil Biology Biochemistry. V. 42, 8, 1253 - 1262.

 
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Netzer, L., Weisbrod, N., Kurtzman, D., Nasser, A., Graber, E., Ronen, D., 2011, Can we manage the water quality of an aquifer with pumping well data? Thoughts in light of multilevel sampling results. Water Resources Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9746-1.

 
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Nachshon, U., N. Weisbrod, M.I. Dragila, Grader, A., 2011, Combined evaporation and salt precipitation in homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media. Water Resources Research. 47, W03513, DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009677.

 
48. Magal, E., Weisbrod N., Yakirevich A., Yechieli Y., 2011. Transport of colloids in porous media: Impact of hyper saline solutions, Water Res., 45, 3521-3532, DOI: 10.1016/j.waters.2011.04.021  
49. Hunkeler, D., Aravena, R., Weisbrod, N., Nasser, A., Netzer, L., Ronen, D., 2011. Carbon and chlorine ratios of chlorinated ethenes migrating through a thick unsaturated zone of a sandy aquifer, Environmental Science & Technology 45 (19), pp 8247-8253 DOI: 10.1021/es201415k  
50. Travis, M., Gross, A., Weisbrod N., 2011, Enhanced transport of oil droplets in saturated and unsaturated sand columns, Environmental Science & Technology 45 (21), pp 9205-9211 DOI: 10.1021/es104040k  
51. Nachshon U, Shahraeeni E., Or D., Dragila M.I., Weisbrod N., in press. Infrared thermography of evaporative fluxes and dynamics of salt deposition on heterogeneous porous surfaces. Water Resources Research  
52. Travis, M., Weisbrod N., Gross, A., In press. Decentralized wetland-based treatment of oil-rich farm wastewater for reuse in an arid environment. Ecological Engineering  
     

Chapters in collective volumes (book chapters and conference proceedings)

1. Weisbrod, N., Ronen, D., Nativ, R., Klein, E. and Freedman, Y., 1995: Groundwater colloidal particles obtained under natural gradient flow conditions. In: Proc. of the 209th ACS National Meeting. Anaheim, California. Vol. 35 (1), 566-569.  
2. Nativ, R., Adar, E., Dahan, O., Weisbrod, N., Berkowitz, B. and Ronen, D., 1999: Water flow and solute transport in porous fractured chalk. In: Proc. of Dynamics of Fluids in Fractured Rocks: Concept and Recent Advances, Berkeley, USA, pp. 76-78.  
3. Weisbrod, N., Dahan, O., Nativ, R. and Adar, E. A., 2002: Fracture flow in the vadose zone: impact of particle release. In: Proc. of International Workshop on Colloids and Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments, Denmark, pp. 85-92.  
4. Weisbrod, N., Niemet, M. and Selker, J. S., 2002: Exploration of colloidal transport using a light transmission technique. In: Proc. of International Workshop on Colloids and Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments, Denmark, pp. 51-58.  
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Dragila, M. I. and Weisbrod, N., 2004: Flow across an unsaturated fracture intersection. In: Proc. of the Second international Symposium on Dynamics of Fluids in Fractured Rocks, Berkeley, USA, pp. 27-33

 
6. Shafran, A. W., Gross, A., Ronen, Z., Weisbrod, N. and Adar, E., 2004: Effects of surfactants originating from reuse of greywater on capillary rise in the soil. IWA Biennial International conference, Marrakech, Morocco  
7. Fischer, C., Weisbrod, N. and Yakirevich A., 2005: Colloid transport and deposition in natural sand. In: Proc. of the 5th International Symposium on Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR5), Berlin, Germany, pp. 348-353 (peer reviewed)  
8. Weisbrod, N., Pillersdorf, M., Dragila, M., Graham, C., Cassidy, J. and Cooper, C.A., 2005: Evaporation from fractures exposed at land surface: Impact of gas-phase convection on salt accumulation. In: Dynamics of Fluids and Transport in Fractured Rock, Geophysical Monograph Series 162, B. Faybishenko, P.A. Witherspoon and J. Gale (eds.), American Geophysical Union, pp. 151-164 (peer reviewed)  
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Weisbrod, N. and Zvikelski, O., 2005: Colloid transport in discrete fractures. In: Proc. of the special conference "Water is Life", 40 years for Israel- Germany relationships, Jerusalem, Israel (invited) .

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10. Dragila, M., and Weisbrod, N., 2007: Convective Venting of Porous Media Fractures. In: Proc. of the 2nd International Conference of Porous Media and is Applications in Science and Engineering ICPM2, Kauai, Hawaii, USA Full Chapter
11. Travis, M., Weisbrod, N., Gross, A., 2007: Oil and grease accumulation in soils irrigated with greywater and the potential effect on soil water repellency. In: Proc. of the ECO-TECH 07, Kalmer, Sweden  
12. Fujimaki, H., Amano, T., Weisbrod, N., Lazarovich, N., Inoue, M., 2007: Salt accumulation in the upper root zone under subsurface drip irrigation. In: Proc. of the Annual joint research symposium in Arid-Land Research, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan  
13. Travis, M.J., Weisbrod, N., Gross, A., 2007. Oil and grease in soils irrigated with greywater and the potential effect on soil water repellency. In: Kaczala, F., Juanga, J., Hogland, W., Marques, M. (Eds.), Eco-Tech 2007, 6th International Conference on Technologies for Waste and Wastewater Treatment, Energy from Waste, Remediation of Contaminated Sites, and Emissions Related to Climate. University of Kalmar, Kalmar, Sweden, pp. 457-466 (peer reviewed)  
14. Travis, M.J., Wiel-Shafran, A., Gross, A., Weisbrod, N., Abramson, A., Adar, E., 2008. Changes in soil properties following irrigation with greywater. In: Totolo, O. (Ed.), Water Resource Management. ACTA Press, Gabarone, Botswana (peer reviewed)  
15. Sagi-Ben Moshe, S., Ronen, Z., Dahan, O., Weisbrod, N., Nativ, R., 2008: Biodegradation of explosives mixture in soil, In: Proc. ConSoil. F&U confirm, Leipzig, Germany, Milan, Italy, pp. E 453-462 (peer reviewed)  
16. Weisbrod N., Dragila M., Nachshon, U., Pillersdorf, M., 2009: The role of cavities in earth-atmosphere interactions. In: From Head Water to the Ocean: Hydrological Cahnges and Watershed Management. Taniguchi, M., Burnett W.C., Fukushima, Y., Haigh, M. and Y. Umezawa, (Eds), Tayler & Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 9-15 (peer reviewed).  
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Travis, M.J., Weisbrod, N., Gross, A., 2011. Onsite treatment of concentrated oil-rich farm wastewater in an arid environment. In: SmallWat11, 3rd International Congress: Wastewater in Small Communities, Seville, Spain

 
18. Nachshon, U., Weisbrod, N., Dragila, M.I., Ganot, Y., 2011: The importance of advective fluxes to gas transport across the Earth-atmosphere interface: the role of thermal convection. In: Global Warming / Book 1, Chapter 16, EDS. Elias Carayannis, InTech - Open Access Publisher (peer reviewed)  
     
Unrefereed professional articles and publications  
1. Weisbrod, N., Desert Hydrology, In: Water: Science and Issues, ed. E. Julius Dasch. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003, pp. 242-246  
2. Weisbrod, N., From the bottom of the earth: Does the earth "breathe" through cavities. Galileo, October 2010, 28-33 (In Hebrew)  

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