PUBLICATIONS (1993 - 2003)

1. A Mechanistic Interpretation of Precipitation and Dissolution of Divalent Metal

Phosphonates, A. T. Kan, J. E. Oddo and M. B. Tomson, NACE, Corrosion 93, New
Orleans, LA., 1993.

2. Inhibition of BaSO4 Precipitation at High Temperature, Pressure and Total Dissolved

Solids. J.E. Oddo, A.J.Gerbino and M.B. Tomson, NACE, Corrosion 93, New Orleans,
LA., 1993.

3. The Chemistry Prediction and Treatment of Scale Containing Naturally Occurring

Radioactive Materials (NORM in Antrim Gas Fields, Michigan, Oddo, J.E. and Al-Borno,
A, SPE 25485, 1993.

4. The Chemistry, Prediction and Treatment of Scale Containing Naturally Occurring

Radioactive Materials (NORM) in the Antrim Formation Gas Fields. Oddo J.E., A.Y. Al-
Borno, I. Ortiz, R. Anthony, D. Pope, D. Hill, D. Linz, J. Frank, D. Becker, M.B. Tomson,
Michigan, SPE 25485, Prod. Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK, 1993.

5. Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) Scale Formation - A Case Study of the
Chemistry, Prediction, Remediation and Treatment in Wells of the Antrim Gas Fields Near
Gaylord, Michigan, Oddo, J.E., C. Sitz, I. Ortiz, D. Linz, A. Lawrence, A. Kan and M.B.
Tomson, SPE 25937, 1993 SPE/EPA Exploration and Production Environmental
Conference, San Antonio, TX., 1993.

6. A Field Study of Successful Control Methods for NORM Scale in Gulf Coast Gas and Oil
Wells". Oddo, J.E., A.F. Bopp, C.D. Sitz and M.B. Tomson, NACE, Corrosion 94,
Baltimore, MD. , 1994.

7. The Inhibition of Calcium and Barium Sulfate Nucleation and the Relationship to Scale
Control. He, S., J.E. Oddo and M.B. Tomson, NACE, Corrosion 94, Baltimore, MD. 1994.

8. Adsorption and Desorption Hysteresis of PAHs In Surface Sediment. Fu, G., Kan, A.T. and
Tomson, M.B., Environ. Toxicol. Chem., Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 1559-1567, 1994.

9. Adsorption and Desorption irreversibility of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface

Sediment. I. Characterization of Desorption Hysteresis. Fu, G., A.T. Kan, M.B. Tomson,
Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 13:10, pp. 1559-1567, 1994.

10. Adsorption/desorption Hysteresis in Organic Pollutant and Soil/sediment Interaction. Kan,

A.T., G. Fu and M.B. Tomson, Environ. Sci. Technol., 28, 859-867, 1994.

11. The Formation of Two Calcium Diethylenetriaminepenta(methylene phosphonic acid)

Precipitates and Their Physical Chemical Properties. Kan, A.T., J.E. Oddo and M.B.
Tomson, Langmuir, 10, 1450-1455, 1994.
12. The Acid/Base and Metal Complex Solution Chemistry of the Polyphosphonate, DTPMP
versus Temperature and Ionic Strength. Tomson, M.B., A.T. Kan and J.E. Oddo, Langmuir,
10, 1442-1449, 1994.

13. The Seeded Growth of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate Crystals in NaCl Solution up to 6 molal
and 90C. He, Shiliang, J.E. Oddo and M.B. Tomson, J. Coll. Inter. Sci., 163, 372-378,
1994.

14. The Nucleation Kinetics of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate in NaCl Solutions up to 6 Molal and
90C. He, Shiliang, J.E. Oddo and M.B. Tomson, J. Coll. Inter. Sci., 163, 297-303, 1994.

15. Algorithms can Predict Inhibitors can Control NORM Scale. Oddo, J.E. and M.B. Tomson,
Oil and Gas Jour., pp. 33-37, Jan. 3, 1994.

16. The Temperature Dependence of the Solubility Product Constant of Vivianite. Al-Borno,
A.Y. and M.B. Tomson, Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, Vol. 58, No. 24, 5373-5378 1994.

17. Why Scale Forms in the Oilfield and Methods to Predict It. Oddo, J. E. and M. B. Tomson,
SPE Production & Facilities, pp. 47-54, February 1994.

18. The Inhibition of Gypsum and Barite Nucleation in NaCl Brines at Temperatures from 25 to
90C. He, S., J. E. Oddo and M. B. Tomson, App. Geochem., 9:561-567, 1994.

19. Effectiveness of Chemically Enhanced Mobilization of Hydrocarbons. Kan, A. T., M. A.

Hunter, G. Fu, T. A. McRae, and M. B. Tomson, SPE 29769, SPE/EPA Exploration &
Production Environmental Conference, Houston, TX, March 27-29, 1995.

20. The Mitigation of NORM Scale in the Gulf Coast Regions of Texas and Louisiana: A
Laboratory and Field Study. Zhou, X., D. G. Linz, S. He and M. B. Tomson, SPE 29710,
SPE/EPA Exploration & Production Environmental Conference, Houston, TX, March 27-
29, 1995.

21. The Nucleation Kinetics of Barium Sulfate in NaCl Solutions up to 6 m and 90C. He,
S.L., J.E. Oddo and M.B. Tomson, J. Coll. Inter. Sci., 174, 319-326, 1995.

22. The Nucleation Kinetics of Strontium Sulfate in NaCl Solutions up to 6 m and 90C with or
without Inhibitors. He, S.L., J.E. Oddo and M.B. Tomson, J. Coll. Inter. Sci., 174, 327-335,
1995.

23. Solution and Precipitation Chemistry of Phosphonate Scale Inhibitors. Tomson, M.B., A.T.
Kan, J.E. Oddo and A.J. Gerbino, In: Mineral Scale Formation and Inhibition, (Z. Amjad,
Ed.), Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, pp.307-322, 1995.

24. Controlling Barium Sulfate Scale Deposition by Inhibitor Squeeze at the Guerra Well in
South Texas: A Case Study. McKenzie, M.J., S. He, C. Hinrichsen, J.E. Oddo, A.J.
Gerbino, A.T. Kan, and M.B. Tomson, 1995 American Petroleum Institute and Gas
 Research Institute Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material Conference, Houston, TX.
October 17-18, 1995.

25. Mathematical Inhibitor Model for Barium Sulfate Scale Control. He, S., A.T. Kan and
M.B. Tomson, Langmuir, 12: 1901-1905. 1996.

26. UNIFAC Prediction of Aqueous and Nonaqueous Solubilities of Chemicals with

Environmental Interest. Kan, A.T. and Tomson, M.B., Environ. Sci. Technol., 30:1369-
1376, (1996).

27. Development of a Surrogate Sediment to Study the Mechanisms Responsible for

Adsorption/Desorption Hysteresis, Hunter, M.A., Kan, A.T. and Tomson, M.B., Environ.
Sci. Technol., 30:2278-2285, 1996.

28. Effectiveness of Chemically Enhanced Mobilization of Hydrocarbons; Kan, A.T., Hunter,

M.A., Fu, G., McRae, T.A., Tomson, M.B; SPE Production and Facilities J., pp. 153-157
(August), 1997.

29. A New Interactive Software for Scale Prediction, Control, and Management. He, S.L., A.T.
Kan, M.B. Tomson, and J. E. Oddo; SPE 38801, Conference proceeding, presented to the
1997 Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 6-8, 1997.

30. New Definition of “Clean” for Contaminated Sediments, Tomson, M. B., A. T. Kan, G. Fu,
W. Chen, L. Vignona; WERC/HSRC Joint Conference on the Environment, April 22-24,
1997.

31. Irreversible Adsorption of Naphthalene and Tetrachlorobiphenyl to Lula and Surrogate

Sediments, Kan, A.T., Fu, G., Hunter, M.A., and Tomson, M.B., Environ. Sci. Technol.,
31(8):2176-2185, 1997.

32. Mechanistic Aspects of Calcium Phosphonates Precipitation, pp. 493-506. In Calcium

Phosphates in Biological and Industrial Systems. L.M. Frostman, A.T. Kan and M.B.
Tomson; Z. Amjad Ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, 1998.

33. Inhibition of Mineral Scale Precipitation by Polymers. In Water Soluble Polymers:

Solution Properties and Applications. He, S.L., A. T. Kan, and M.B. Tomson;.Z. Amjad
Ed., 1998.

34. Irreversible Adsorption of Neutral Organic Hydrocarbons - Experimental Observations

and Model Predictions. Kan, A.T., Fu, G., Chen, W., Ward, C.H., Tomson, M.B.
Environ. Sci. Technol., 32(3): 892-902, 1998.

35. The Temperature and Ionic Strength Dependence of the Solubility Product Constant of
Ferrous Phosphonate. Friedfeld, S., S. He, and M. B. Tomson;.Langmuir, 14, pp.3698-
3703, 1998.
36. Mechanistic Aspects of Calcium Phosphonates Precipitation, In Calcium Phosphates in 
Biological and Industrial Systems, Frostman, L.M., Kan, A.T. and Tomson, M.B.; ed., Z. 
Amjad, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, pp. 493­506, 1998.

37. Method Predicts Well Bore Scale, Corrosion, Oddo, J.E., and Tomson, M.B., Oil & Gas
Journal, 107-114, 1998.

38. Inhibition of Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in NaCl Brines from 25 to 90˚C. Applied
Geochemistry , He, S.L., A.T. Kan, and M.B. Tomson, Applied Geochemistry, 14:17-25,
1999.

39. Causes and Effects of Resistant Sorption in Natural Particles, Tomson, M.B. and Pignatello,
J.J., Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 18:(8)1609, (Editorial), 1999.

40. The Adsorption – Desorption Behaviors of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds in Sediments

of Lake Charles, LA., Chen, W., Kan, A.T., Fu, G., Vignona, L.C., and Tomson, M.B.,
Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 18:(8)1610-1616, 1999.

41. The Prediction of Scale and CO2 Corrosion in Oil Field Systems; Oddo, J.E., and Tomson, 
M.B., NACE, Albuquerque, N.M., 1999.

42. Non-Zero Endpoints Protective of Ecological and Human Health, In: McGraw-Hill 2001
Yearbook of Science & Technology, Vignona, L., Moore, E., and Tomson, M.B., 2000: 138-
141.

43. Impact of Irreversible Sorption on Bioavailability, Site Remediation, and Risk Assessment, 
Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B., Water Environment Federation 73rd Annual 
Conference and Exposition (WEFTEC 2000), New Orleans, LA., October 14­18, 2000.

44. Impact of Irreversible Sorption on Bioavailability and Risk Assessment; Chen, W., Kan, 
A.T., and Tomson, M.B.  Presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Remediation 
of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds (Battelle Conference), Monterey, CA, May 22­
25, 2000.

45. Irreversible Adsorption of Chlorinated Benzenes to Natural Sediments: Implications for

Sediment Quality Criteria, Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B., Environ. Sci. Technol.,
34:385-392, 2000.

46. Desorption Kinetics of Neutral Hydrophobic Organic Compounds from Field-Contaminated

Sediment, Kan, A.T., Chen, W., and Tomson, M.B., Environ. Pollution, 108:81-89, 2000.

47. Studies Conducted to Determine Biological Uptake from Contaminated Sediments, Hughes,
J.B., and Tomson, M.B., EPA Tech Trends, 36:2-4, 2000.
48. Factors Affecting the Release of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants from Natural
Sediments, Chen, W., Kan, A.T., G. Fu, and Tomson, M.B., Environ. Toxicol. and Chem.,
19:2401-2408, 2000.

49. Impact of Irreversible Sorption on Bioavailability and Risk Assessment, In: Risk,
Regulatory and Monitoring Considerations, Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B.,
Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio, 1:239-244, 2000.

50. The Role of Calcium Phosphino-Polycarboxylate Complexation in Inhibiting BaSO4

Precipitation From Here Brine, In: Advances in Crystal Growth Inhibition Technologies,
Xiao, J.J., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B.; ed., Dr. Zahid Amjad; Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Publishers, Pp: 165-186, 2000.

51. Focus Area 3, Contaminant-Soil Interaction, In “SETAC Pellston Workshop on

Contaminated Soil”, Tomson, M.B., Allen, H., English, C., Lyman, W., Pignatello, J.J., eds.,
Saterbak, A., Fairbrother, A., Lanno, R., Tabak, H., Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL. Website available at www.setac.org/ftp/upload, ( in press)
2001.

52. Mineral Scale Control in Subsea Completion.  Proceeding to OTC 2001 Offshore 
Technology Conference, Kan, A.T., Fu, G., Tomson, M.B.,  OTC 13236, April 20, 2001.  

53. Sequestration and Bioavailability of PAHS in Sediments.  Reible, D., Lu, X., Fleeger, J., 
Pardue, J., Louisiana State University.  Joe Hughes and Mason Tomson, Rice University.  
Presentation at the Battelle Conference on International Remediation Contamination 
Sediments; Venus, Italy, October 10­12, 2001.

54. Standard Test Method for Phosphonate in Brine, In: ASTM Standards on Inorganic
Constituents in Water, Tomson, M.B., and Kan, A.T., American Society for Testing
Materials, Committee D19 on water, Method D6501-99, ASTM Book of Standards, Vol.
11.01, 2001.

55. The Acid-Base and Metal Complexation Chemistry of Phosphino-Polycarboxylic Acid

Under High Ionic Strength and High Temperature; Xiao, J., A.T. Kan, and M.B. Tomson,
Langmuir, 17, 4661-4667, 2001.

56. Prediction of BaSO4 Precipitation in the Presence and Absence of a Polymeric inhibitor:
Phosphino-Polycarboxylic Acid; Xiao, J., A.T. Kan, and M.B. Tomson, Langmuir, 17, 4668
–4673, 2001.

57. Mineral-Scale Control in Subsea Completion; Kan, A.T., Fu, G. and Tomson, M.B., OTC
13236, Conference Proceedings, presented at the 2001 Offshore Technology Conference
held in Houston, Texas, April 30 – May 3, 2001.
58. Effect of Hydrate Inhibitors on Oilfield Scale Formation and Inhibition, Kan, A.T., Fu,
Gongmin, Watson, M.A. and Tomson, M.B., SPE 74657; Conference Proceedings,
presented at the SPE 4th International Symposium on Oilfield Scale held in Aberdeen,
United Kingdom, January 30-31, 2002.

59. Mechanisms of Mineral Scale Inhibition, Tomson, M.B., Fu, G., Watson, M.A. and Kan,
A.T., SPE 74656, Conference Proceedings, presented at the SPE 4th International
Symposium on Oilfield Scale held in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, January 30-31, 2002.

60. More Realistic Soil Cleanup Standards with Dual-Equilibrium Desorption, Chen, W., Kan,
A.T., Newell, C.J., Moore, E., and Tomson, M.B., Ground Water, Vol. 40, No. 2, Pp. 153-
164, 2002.

61. Effect of Methanol on Carbonate Equilibrium and Calcite Solubility in a

gas/methanol/water/salt mixed system; Kan, A.T., Fu, G., and Tomson, M.B. Langmuir
publication (in press), February 2002.

62. Effect of Methanol and Ethylene Glycol on Sulfates and Halite Scale Formation; Kan, A.T.,
Fu, G., and Tomson, M.B., submitted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Research, September 2002.

63. Critical Evaluation of Desorption Phenomena of Heavy Metals from Natural Sediments.
Gao, Y., Kan, A.T. and Tomson, M.B., Submitted for publication in Environmental Science
and Technology, September 2002.

64. Evaluating the Effect of Dual-Equilibrium Desorption on Soil/Groundwater Remediation

Using Numerical Approach: A decision-Support Model; Chen, W., Lakshmanan, K., Kan,
A.T., and Tomson, M.B., Submitted for Publication to the National Groundwater
Association, October, 2002.

65. A New Approach to Inhibitor Squeeze Design, A.T. Kan, Fu, G., Al-Thubaiti, M., and
Tomson, M.B., SPE80230 International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, February 5-8,
2003, Houston, Texas.

66. Effect of Hydrate Inhibitors on Oilfield Scale Formation and Inhibition, Tomson, M.B.,
Kan, A.T., Fu, G., and Al-Thubaiti, M., SPE80255 International Symposium on Oilfield
Chemistry, February 5-8, 2003, Houston, Texas.

PRESENTATIONS:

67. Quantifying Phosphonate Retention and Release in Reservoirs Using Surface Complexation
and Phase Transformation Chemical Mechanisms. Gerbino, A.J., and Tomson, M.B.,
submitted to the Oilfield Scale Symposium to be held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and
Conference Centre, Aberdeen, UK, January 29-30, 2003.
68. A New Approach to Inhibitor Squeeze Design, A.T. Kan, Fu, G., Al-Thubaiti, M., and
Tomson, M.B., SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry, February 5-8, 2003,
Houston, Texas.

69. Effect of Hydrate Inhibitors on Oilfield Scale Formation and Inhibition, Tomson, M.B.,
Kan, A.T., Fu, G., and Al-Thubaiti, M., SPE International Symposium on Oilfield
Chemistry, February 5-8, 2003, Houston, Texas.

70. Effect of Hydrate Inhibitors on Oilfield Scale Formation and Inhibition, Kan, A.T., Fu,
Gongmin, Watson, M.A. and Tomson, M.B., SPE 74657; Conference Proceedings,
presented at the SPE 4th International Symposium on Oilfield Scale held in Aberdeen,
United Kingdom, January 30-31, 2002.

71. Mechanisms of Mineral Scale Inhibition, Tomson, M.B., SPE, Fu, G., Watson, M.A. and
Kan, A.T., SPE 74656, Conference Proceedings, presented at the SPE 4th International
Symposium on Oilfield Scale held in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, January 30-31, 2002.

72. Invited Committee Member to the 9th Annual International Petroleum Environmental
Conference; Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 22-25, 2002.

73. Nanomaterial Transport in the Environment, Tomson, M.B., School of Continuing Studies,
Rice University, Houston, Texas, October 23, 2002.

74. Aquatic Chemistry of Natural Waters; Rice University Brine Chemistry Consortium,
Tomson, M.B., Conoco, Ponca City, OK, August 14, 2002.

75. Effect of Hydrate Inhibitors on Oilfield Scale Formation and Inhibition; Tomson, M.B., BJ
Unichem, Tomball, Texas, February 28, 2002.

76. Environmental Impact of Carbon Nanomaterials; Cheng, X., Kan, A.T. and Tomson, M.B.,
Presented at the NanoDays 2002 Conference for the Center for Biological and
Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN); October 14-15, 2002 at Rice University.

77. Interaction of Heavy Metal with Inorganic Nanomaterials and Their Environmental Impact.,
Gao, Yan, Kan, A.T., Wahi, R., Colvin, V., and Tomson, M.B. Poster Presentation at the
NanoDays 2002 Conference for the Center for Biological and Environmental
Nanotechnology (CBEN); October 14-15, 2002 at Rice University.

78. Adsorption/Desorption Characteristics of Organic Compounds onto/from Nanomaterial

Surfaces, Cheng, X., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B., Presentation at the 224th ACS Fall
National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 18-22, 2002.

79. Heavy Metal Desorption from Natural Sediment, Gao, Y., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B.,
Presentation at the 224th ACS Fall National Meeting, to be held in Boston, Massachusetts,
August 18-22, 2002.
80. A Rapid Method to Measure the Desorption Resistant Fraction in Sediment Sorbed
Contaminants; Cong, Lili, Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B., 224th American Chemical Society
National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 18-22, 2002.

81. Adsorption/Desorption Characteristics of Naphthalene onto/from C60 Surface, Cheng, X.,

Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B., NanoSpace 2002 Future Technology Frontiers, The Fifth
International Conference on Integrated Nano/Micro/Biotechnology for Space and Medical
and Commercial Applications, Presentation at the Moody Gardens Hotel on Galveston
Island, Texas, June 24-28, 2002.

82. Mineral Scale Control in Subsea Completion. Proceeding to OTC 2001 Offshore
Technology Conference, Kan, A.T., Fu, G., Tomson, M.B., OTC 13236, April 20, 2001.

83. More Realistic Soil Cleanup Standards with Dual-Equilibrium Desorption: Chen, W., Kan,
A.T., Newell, C.J., and Tomson, M.B., Conference Proceedings: Presented at the Third
International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, May
20-23, 2002, Monterey, CA.

84. Sequestration and Bioavailability of PAHS in Sediments. Reible, D., Lu, X., Fleeger, J.,
Pardue, J., Louisiana State University. Joe Hughes and Mason Tomson, Rice University.
Presentation at the Battelle Conference on International Remediation Contamination
Sediments; Venus, Italy, October 10-12, 2001.

85. Invited Session Chairman of Scale Forum, Society of Petroleum Engineers 4rd International
Symposium on Oil Field Scale, Kan, A.T., Fu, G., Tomson, M.B., Aberdeen, Scotland,
January 2001.

86. Irreversible Sorption of 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane and Dehydrohalogenation of the Sorbed

Compound. The annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments, and
water; Vignona, L., Kan, A.T., tomson, M.B., Association for the Environmental Health of
Soils (AEHS) and the Navy. March 19-22, 2001, San Diego, CA.

87. Mineral-Scale Control in Subsea Completion; Kan, A.T., Fu, G. and Tomson, M.B., OTC
13236; Conference Proceedings: Presented at the 2001 Offshore Technology Conference
held in Houston, Texas, April 30 – May 3, 2001.

88. Effect of Hydrate Inhibitors on Oilfield Scale Formation and Inhibition, Kan, A.T., Fu,
Gongmin, Watson, M.A. and Tomson, M.B., SPE 74657; Conference Proceedings:
Presented at the SPE 4th International Symposium on Oilfield Scale held in Aberdeen,
United Kingdom, January 30-31, 2002.

89. Mechanisms of Mineral Scale Inhibition, Tomson, M.B., SPE, Fu, G., Watson, M.A. and
Kan, A.T., SPE 74656, Conference Proceedings: Presented at the SPE 4th International
Symposium on Oilfield Scale held in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, January 30-31, 2002.

90. Prediction of Solid Formation, Tomson, M.B., Flow Assurance for Sub Sea Operations,
2000 SPE Forum Series in North America, Breckenridge, CO., July 9-14, 2000.
91. Modeling Resistant Desorption, Tomson, M.B., 220th ACS National Meeting, Washington,
D.C., August 20-24, 2000.

92. Effect of Aging and Temperature on Resistant Desorption; Cong, L., Kan, A.T., Wang, C.Y.,
Friedfeld, S., Beckle, D., and Tomson, M.B., 220 ACS Meeting, Washington, D.C., August
20-24, 2000.

93. Impact of Irreversible Sorption on Bioavailability, Site Remediation, and Risk Assessment,
Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B., Water Environment Federation 73rd Annual
Conference and Exposition (WEFTEC 2000), New Orleans, LA, October 14-18, 2000.

94. Impact of Irreversible Sorption on Bioavailability and Risk Assessment; Chen, W., Kan,
A.T., and Tomson, M.B. Presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Remediation
of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds (Battelle Conference), Monterey, CA, May 22-
25, 2000.

95. Impact of Irreversible Sorption on Bioavailability, Site Remediation, and Risk Assessment;
Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B. Presentation at the 73rd Annual Conference &
Exposition, Anaheim, California, October 14-18, 2000.

96. Meeting in Louisiana on Fipronil Contamination of Louisiana; Tomson, M.B., September 8,

2000.

97. Resistant Desorption Kinetics of Chlorinated Organic Compounds from Contaminated Soil
and Sediment In: Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals; Kan, A.T., Chen, W., and
Tomson, M.B., Eds. Robert Lipnick, Kevin Jones, Joop Hermens, American Chemical
Society, Washington, D.C., 2000.

98. Modeling Irreversible Sorption of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Natural

Sediments In: Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals; Tomson, M.B., Vignona, L.,
Chen, W., and Kan, A.T., Eds., Robert Lipnick, Kevin Jones, Joop Hermens, American
Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 2000.

99. NACE Standard Test Method for Phosphonate in Brine, NACE Test Method 0399-99,
Tomson, M.B., and Kan, A.T., 1999.

100. Sorption-Desorption Asymmetry of Organic Compounds in Natural Sediments; Kan, A.T.,

Chen, W., Vignona, L., Liu, W., and Tomson, M.B. Presentation at the Hazardous Waste
Research Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, May 24-27, 1999.

101. Target Cleanup Levels and Remediation; Tomson, M.B., Vignona, L., Chen, W., and Kan, 
A.T.  Presentation at the Hazardous Waste Research Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, 
May 24­27, 1999. 

102. Biological Response and Availability of Desorption Resistant Organic Pollutants; Tomson,
M.B., Kan, A.T., Chen, W., Hughes, J., and Reible, D.D. Presentation at the 218th
American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 23-27, 1999.
103. Protocol for Assessment of Biological Available Pollutant Concentration in Soil; Kan, A.T.,
Tomson, M.B., Chen, W., Hughes, J., and Reible, D.D. Presentation at the 218th American
Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 23-27, 1999.

104. Bioavailability of Desorption Resistant Phenanthrene by Freshwater Oligochaetes; Reible,

D.D., Fleeger, J.W., Tomson, M.B., Kochetkov, A., and Zhang, L., Presentation at the 218th
American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August 23-27, 1999.

105. Molecular Basis of Mineral Scale Inhibition; Tomson, M.B., Kan, A.T., Fu, G.,and Xiao, J.
Presentation at the 218th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
August 23-27, 1999.

106. Impact of Irreversible Sorption on the Bioavailability of Hydrophobic Organic

Contaminants; Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B. Presentation at the 20th SETAC
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 14-18, 1999.

107. The Impact of Target Clean-up Levels on Remediation. Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic
Chemicals; Tomson, M.B., Vignona, L., Chen, W., and Kan, A.T. 217th American Chemical
Society (ACS) National Meeting, Anaheim, CA., March 21-25, 1999.

108. Factors Affecting the Resistant Release of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants From
Natural Sediments. Persistent, bioaccumulative, Toxic Chemicals. Division of
Environmental Chemistry; Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B. 217th American
Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 21-25, 1999.

109. Evaluation of Surfactant Fate in Subsurface. Interfacial and Colloidal Phenomena in

Aquatic Environments; Kan, A.T., Liu, Z., and Tomson, M.B. 217th American Chemical
Society (ACS) National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 21-25, 1999.

110. Mechanism of Threshold Inhibition of Mineral Scale with Phosphonic Acid; Kan, A.T., Fu, 
G., and Tomson, M.B., Presentation at the 217th American Chemical Society National 
Meeting in Anaheim, CA, March 21­25, 1999.

111. Effect of Divalent Metal Ions on Inhibiting BaSO4 Precipitation in Brine; Xiao, (Alan) J., 
Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B., Presentation at the 217th American Chemical Society (ACS) 
National Meeting in Anaheim, CA, March 21­25, 1999.

112. Modeling of Irreversible Sorption of Chlorinated Benzenes in Natural Sediments.

Interfacial and Colloidal Phenomena in Aquatic Environments; Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and
Tomson, M.B. 217th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Anaheim, CA,
March 21-25, 1999.

113. The Prediction of Scale and CO2 Corrosion in Oil Field Systems; Oddo, J.E., and Tomson,
M.B., NACE, Albuquerque, N.M., 1999.
114. Proposed Mechanism and The Impact of Ionic Strength and Temperature Effects on
Contaminants Desorption From Soil and Sediment; Liu, W. Chen, W., Kan, A.T., Tomson,
M.B. Presentation at the 20th SETAC Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 14-18,
1999.

115. Reactivity of a Sorbed Chlorinated Organic Compound; L. Vignona, Tomson, M.B.

Presentation at the 20th SETAC Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 14-18, 1999.

116. Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, Congressional Hearing; Tomson, M.B.,
Washington, D.C., April, 1999.

117. Sorption of Organics to Sediments: Implications of the Irreversibly Bound Fraction; 
Tomson, M.B., Presentation at the 72nd Annual Exhibition and Technical Conference on 
Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment, New Orleans, LA, October 9­13, 1999. 

118. How Clean Is Clean?  A New Sediment Paradigm; Tomson, M.B., Knox, R.S., ARCADIS, 
Presentation at the 72nd Annual Exhibition and Technical Conference on Water Quality and 
Wastewater Treatment, New Orleans, LA, October 9­13, 1999.

119. Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center – Congressional Hearing, Tomson, M.B.,
United States House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., April, 1999.

120. SETAC Pellston Workshop on Contaminated Soils.  Microscopic Level, Focus Area 3, 
Contaminant­Soil Interactions; Allen, H., English, C., Lyman, W., Pignatello, J.J., and 
Tomson, M.B., 1998.

121. Characterization of the Non­Reversible Desorption and the Fate of Resistant Desorbing 
Chemicals, Kan, A.T., Invited Presentation at the Lancaster University, UK on behalf of the
UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, October 15­16, 1998.

122. Bound Residues of Organic Compounds in the Soil. A Specialist Workshop Organized on
Behalf of the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF); Kan, A.T., and
Tomson M.B., Lancaster, UK., October 1998.

123. Modeling Irreversible Sorption (Desorption Hysteresis) in Natural Sediments; Chen, W.,
Kan, A.T., Tomson, M.B., Presentation at the 19th Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry Annual Meeting, Charlotte, N.C., November 15 – 19, 1998.

124. The Fate of Scale Inhibitors in Oil/Gas Production; Xiao, J., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B.
The 215th ACS National Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 29 -April 2, 1998.

125. Assessing Contaminated Soils: From Soil-Contaminant Interactions to Ecosystem

Management; Tomson, M.B., Kan, A.T., Saterbak, A., Fairbrother, A., Lanno, R. and Tabak,
H. Presentation at the 19th Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry annual
meeting, Charlotte N.C., November 15 – 19, 1998.
126. Solution chemistry and solubility of divalent-metal inhibitor salts versus T and TDS.
Tomson, M. B., J. Xiao, A. T. Kan and S. He. The 4th International Conference on Annual
Advances in Solving Oilfield Sclaing, January 28 and 29, 1998, Aberdeen, UK.

127. New Definition of “Clean” for Contaminated Sediments; Tomson, M.B., Kan, A.T., Fu, G.,
Chen, W., Vignona, L. WERC/HSRC Joint Conference on the Environment, April 22-24,
1997.

128. New Clean-up Limits for Contaminated Soil and Sediments; Kan, A.T., Chen, W., Fu, G.,
and Tomson, M.B., DeLange/Woodlands Conference, Houston, TX, March 3-5, 1997.

129. A New Interactive Software for Scale Prediction, Control, and Management.  SPE 38801. 
Conference Proceeding; He, S.L., Kan, A.T., Tomson, M.B., and Oddo, J.E.  Presented to 
the 1997 Annual Technical Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 6­8, 1997.

130. Sorption and Desorption of Hydrocarbons to and from Historically Contaminated Lake
Charles; Chen, W., Kan, A.T., Tomson, M.B.; 214th ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas,
NV, September 7-11, 1997.

131. Irreversible Adsorption and Fate of Contaminants in Sediments and Soils; Tomson, M.B., 
Kan, A.T., Fu, G., and Chen, W.; 214th ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, September
7­11, 1997. 

132. Irreversible Adsorption­Desorption of Naphthalene to Lula Sediments; Kan, A.T., Fu, G. 
and Tomson, M.B.; 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New 
Orleans, LA., March 24­28, 1996.

133. Assessment of the Fate and Cleanup of Petroleum Hydrocarbons via UNIFAC; Kan, A.T. 
and Tomson, M.B.; 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New 
Orleans, LA., March 24­28, 1996.

134. Irreversible Adsorption­Desorption of PCB from a Natural and Simulated Sediment; 
Hunter, M.A., Kan, A.T., and Tomson, M.B.; 211th National Meeting of the American 
Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 24­28, 1996.

135. Influences of Various Factors on the Adsorption­Desorption Behaviors of Hydrophobic 
Organic Compounds in Sediments of Lake Charles, LA.; Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and 
Tomson, M.B.; 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, 
LA, March 24­28, 1996.
136. New Definition of “Clean” For Contaminated Sediments; Chen, W., Kan, A.T., and 
Tomson, M.B.; 2nd Annual EESI symposium on Energy and the Environment.  
Environmental Remediation Technologies ­ Strategies for success.  Houston, TX, 
September 30, 1996.

137. Irreversible Adsorption/Desorption of Neutral Organic Hydrocarbons to Natural Sediments; Kan,

A.T., Fu, G., Hunter, M., Chen, W., and Tomson, M.B.; 17th Annual Meeting, Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington, DC, November 18, 1996.

138. Irreversible Adsorption of PCB to Natural and Simulated Sediment; Kan, A.T., Fu, G., Hunter, M.,
Chen, W., and Tomson, M.B.; 17th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry, Washington, DC, November 18, 1996.

139. Irreversible Adsorption-Desorption of PAHs in Sediment-Water; Hunter, M.A., Kan, A.T.,

Fu, G., and Tomson, M.B.; 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New
Orleans, LA, March 24-28, 1996.

140. Effectiveness of Chemically Enhanced Mobilization of Hydrocarbons; Kan, A.T., Hunter,

M.A., Fu, G., McRae, T.A., and Tomson, M.B.; SPE 29769, SPE/EPA Exploration &
Production Environmental Conference, Houston, TX, March 27-29, 1995.

141. The Mitigation of NORM Scale in the Gulf Coast Regions of Texas and Louisiana: A 
Laboratory and Field Study; Zhou, X., Linz, D.G., He, S., and Tomson, M.B., SPE 29710, 
SPE/EPA Exploration & Production Environmental Conference, Houston, TX, March 27­
29, 1995.

142. A Field Sudy of Successful Control Methods for NORM Scale in Gulf Coast Gas and Oil
Wells, Oddo; J.E., Bopp, A.F., Sitz, C.D. and Tomson, M.B., NACE, Corrosion 94,
Baltimore, MD. 1994.

143. Why Scale Forms in the Oilfield and Methods to Predict It; Oddo, J.E. and Tomson, M.B.
SPE Production & Facilities, pp. 47-54, February 1994.

144. The Inhibition of Calcium and Barium Sulfate Nucleation and the Relationship to Scale 
Control; He, S., Oddo, J.E. and Tomson, M.B., NACE, Corrosion 94, Baltimore, MD. 1994.

145. Inhibition of BaSO4 Precipitation at High Temperature, Pressure and Total Dissolved
Solids; Oddo, J.E., Gerbino, A.J. and Tomson, M.B., NACE, Corrosion 93, New Orleans,
LA, 1993.

146. A Mechanistic Interpretation of Precipitation and Dissolution of Divalent Metal

Phosphonates; Kan, A.T., Oddo, J.E. and Tomson, M.B., NACE, Corrosion 93, New
Orleans, LA, 1993.
147. The Chemistry Prediction and Treatment of Scale Containing Naturally Occurring
Radioactive Materials (NORM) In The Antrim Formation Gas Fields, Michigan; Oddo,
J.E., and Al-Borno, A., SPE 25485, 1993.

148. The Chemistry, Prediction and Treatment of Scale Containing Naturally Occurring 
Radioactive Materials (NORM) in the Antrim Formation Gas Fields, Michigan; Oddo J.E., 
Al­Borno, A.Y., Ortiz, I., Anthony, R., Pope,D., Hill,D., Linz, D., Frank, J., Becker, D., 
Tomson, M.B., SPE 25485, Prod. Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK, 1993. 

149. Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) Scale Formation. A Case Study of the
Chemistry, Prediction, Remediation and Treatment in Wells of the Antrim Gas Fields Near
Gaylord, Michigan; Oddo, J.E., Sitz, C., Ortiz, I., Linz, D., Lawrence, A., Kan, A.T., and
Tomson, M.B., SPE 25937, 1993 SPE/EPA Exploration and Production Environmental
Conference, San Antonio, TX. 1993.