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Dean Scott Wood
Research/Focus Areas
  • Thermodynamics, kinetics, molecular mechanisms of aqueous processes and water-rock interactions
  • Metal speciation and transport
  • Solubility, calorimetric, spectroscopic, electrochemical, phase equilibrium studies
  • Field-based studies of ore deposits, geothermal systems and the environment
My Courses
  • GEOL 423: Principles of Geochemistry
  • GEOL 502: Aquatic Geochemistry
  • GEOL 464/564: The Geochemistry of Natural Waters

Scott A. Wood, Ph.D.

College of Science
University of Idaho
Dean of College of Science & Professor

Office: MIN 321D
Phone: 208.885.6195
Email: swood@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
College of Science, Mines 321
PO Box 443025
Moscow, ID 83844-3025

  • PhD, Geochemistry, 1985—Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  • MA, Geochemistry, 1982—Princeton University
  • BA, Geology and Chemistry, 1980—Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Research Interests: Theoretical and experimental studies of the thermodynamics, kinetics and molecular mechanisms of aqueous processes and water-rock interaction, especially at elevated temperatures and pressures. Particular emphasis on metals and their speciation and transport. Solubility, calorimetric, spectroscopic, electrochemical, phase equilibrium and other experimental studies. Field-based studies of ore deposits, geothermal systems and the environment. Applications to ore deposits, hydrometallurgy, exploration geochemistry, radioactive waste disposal and other environmental problems.



Selected Publications

  • Taunton, A.E.M, Druschel, G.K., Gunter, M.E., and Wood, S.A. 2010. Geochemistry in the lung: Reaction-path modeling and experimental examinations of rock-forming minerals under physiologic conditions. American Mineralogist.
  • Kruszewski, J.M. and Wood, S.A. 2009. Experimental measurement of the solubility of bismuth phases in water vapor from 220 ºC to 300 ºC: Implications for ore formation. Appl. Geochem. 24, 493-503.
  • Connon, S., Koski, A., Neal, A., Wood, S., and Magnuson, T. 2008. Ecophysiology and geochemistry of microbial arsenic oxidation within a high arsenic, circumneutral hot spring system of the Alvord Desert. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 64(1):117-28.
  • Kruszewski, J. and Wood, S.A. 2007. The solubility of bismuth in water vapor at 220°C. In Bullen, T.D. and Wang, Y., eds., Water-Rock Interaction. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-12, v. 1, Kunming, China, 31 July – 5 August, 2007. Taylor & Francis, London, p. 131-134.
  • Redkin, A.F. and Wood, S.A. 2007. Uranium(VI) in aqueous solutions at 25°C and a pressure of 1 bar: Insight from experiments and calculations. Geochem. Int. 45:1111-1123.
  • Wood, S.A. and Norman, C. 2007. Mobility of palladium chloride complexes in mafic rocks: insights from a flow-through experiment at 25 °C using air-saturated, acidic, and Cl-rich solutions. Mineral. Petrol. DOI 10.1007/s00710-007-0193-5
  • Wood, S.A. and Williams-Jones, A.E. 2007. Speciation and solubility of Co(II) in the system Co-O-H-Cl-S at saturated water vapor pressure up to 300 °C. In Bullen, T.D. and Wang, Y., eds., Water-Rock Interaction. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-12, v. 1, Kunming, China, 31 July – 5 August, 2007. Taylor & Francis, London, p. 395-398.
  • Wood, S.A. 2006. The behavior of rare earth elements in naturally and anthropogenically acidified waters. Jour. Alloys Comps. 418:161-165.
  • Wood, S.A. 2006. Rare earth element systematics of acidic geothermal waters from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Jour. Geochem. Explor. 89:424-427.
  • Wood, S.A. and Samson, I.M. 2006. The aqueous geochemistry of gallium, germanium, indium and scandium. Ore Geol. Rev. 28:57-102.
  • Wood, S.A., Taunton, A.E., Normand, C., and Gunter, M.E. 2006. Mineral-fluid interaction in the lungs: Insights from reaction-path modeling. Inhalation Toxicology 18:975-984.
  • Xiong, Y., Wood, S.A., and Kruszewksi, J. 2006. Hydrothermal transport and deposition of rhenium under subcritical conditions revisited. Economic Geology 101:471-478.
  • Cetiner, Z.S., Wood, S.A., and Gammons, C.H. 2005. The aqueous geochemistry of the rare earth elements. Part XIV. The solubility of rare earth element phosphates from 23 to 150ºC. Chem. Geol. 217:147-169.