Denis R. LeBlanc

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

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Denis R. LeBlanc is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Denis R. LeBlanc has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Environmental Engineering, 27 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 22 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Denis R. LeBlanc's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (39 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (26 papers) and Water Quality and Resources Studies (18 papers). Denis R. LeBlanc is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (39 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (26 papers) and Water Quality and Resources Studies (18 papers). Denis R. LeBlanc collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Denis R. LeBlanc's co-authors include Richard L. Smith, Larry B. Barber, Ronald W. Harvey, J. L. Bouchez, Gérard Gleizes, Stephen P. Garabedian, Ph. Olivier, Kathryn M. Hess, Warren W. Wood and Elsie M. Sunderland and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Denis R. LeBlanc

84 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Large‐scale natural gradient tracer test in sand and gravel, Cape Cod, Massachusetts: 1. Experimental design and observed tracer movement

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Denis R. LeBlanc United States	30	1.2k	899	832	614	583	89	3.1k
B. Bekins United States	40	1.6k 1.3×	2.0k 2.3×	936 1.1×	300 0.5×	706 1.2×	100	5.2k
Shaun K. Frape Canada	38	1.3k 1.1×	681 0.8×	960 1.2×	392 0.6×	2.0k 3.5×	109	4.1k
Craig M. Bethke United States	36	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.9×	220 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	56	5.3k
D. Chandrasekharam India	28	506 0.4×	878 1.0×	636 0.8×	327 0.5×	674 1.2×	105	2.7k
Bryne T. Ngwenya United Kingdom	33	647 0.5×	509 0.6×	418 0.5×	290 0.5×	548 0.9×	87	3.2k
A. Pekdeğer Germany	32	955 0.8×	266 0.3×	446 0.5×	569 0.9×	931 1.6×	73	2.6k
Martin H. Schroth Switzerland	34	1.5k 1.3×	178 0.2×	881 1.1×	291 0.5×	592 1.0×	87	3.4k
Isabelle M. Cozzarelli United States	42	2.1k 1.7×	331 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	971 1.6×	814 1.4×	113	5.4k
John E. McCray United States	39	2.5k 2.0×	275 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	676 1.1×	1.1k 2.0×	158	5.2k
Miranda S. Fram United States	22	878 0.7×	655 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	1.3k 2.1×	896 1.5×	81	5.8k

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Briggs, Martin A., et al.. (2025). Groundwater flowpath characteristics drive variability in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) loading across a stream-wetland system. The Science of The Total Environment. 964. 178533–178533. 4 indexed citations

Bečanová, Jitka, Šimon Vojta, Larry B. Barber, et al.. (2024). Bioconcentration of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Precursors in Fathead Minnow Tissues Environmentally Exposed to Aqueous Film-Forming Foam–Contaminated Waters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 43(8). 1795–1806. 9 indexed citations

LeBlanc, Denis R., et al.. (2021). Evaluating the effects of replacing septic systems with municipal sewers on groundwater quality in a densely developed coastal neighborhood, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2016–19. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Carole D., et al.. (2019). Lithostratigraphic, geophysical, and hydrogeologic observations from a boring drilled to bedrock in glacial sediments near Nantucket Sound in East Falmouth, Massachusetts. Scientific investigations report. 4 indexed citations

LeBlanc, Denis R., et al.. (2019). Simulated water-table and pond-level responses to proposed public water-supply withdrawals in the Hyannis Ponds Wildlife Management Area, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Richard L., Deborah A. Repert, Deborah L. Stoliker, et al.. (2019). Seasonal and Spatial Variation in the Location and Reactivity of a Nitrate‐Contaminated Groundwater Discharge Zone in a Lakebed. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(7). 2186–2207. 20 indexed citations

Colman, John A., et al.. (2018). Geochemical conditions and nitrogen transport in nearshore groundwater and the subterranean estuary at a Cape Cod embayment, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2013–14. Scientific investigations report. 6 indexed citations

Briggs, Martin A., et al.. (2018). Evaluating long-term patterns of decreasing groundwater discharge through a lake-bottom permeable reactive barrier. Journal of Environmental Management. 220. 233–245. 14 indexed citations

Lane, John W., et al.. (2013). Bedrock topography of western Cape Cod, Massachusetts, based on bedrock altitudes from geologic borings and analysis of ambient seismic noise by the horizontal-to-vertical spectral-ratio method. Scientific investigations map. 15 indexed citations

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Hyun, Suk, Dong‐Chan Koh, Hee Sun Moon, et al.. (2013). Variability in Nitrate and Ammonium Distributions and Associated Processes at the Groundwater/Surface-water Interface in a Groundwater Flow-through Pond. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard L., Deborah A. Repert, Larry B. Barber, & Denis R. LeBlanc. (2012). Long-term groundwater contamination after source removal—The role of sorbed carbon and nitrogen on the rate of reoxygenation of a treated-wastewater plume on Cape Cod, MA, USA. Chemical Geology. 337-338. 38–47. 13 indexed citations

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LeBlanc, Denis R., et al.. (2011). Water-quality data from shallow pond-bottom groundwater in the Fishermans Cove area of Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2001-2010. Data series. 3 indexed citations

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Paterson, Barbara, et al.. (2010). Ripples in the water: a toolkit for Aboriginal people on hemodialysis.. PubMed. 20(1). 20–8. 8 indexed citations

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LeBlanc, Denis R., et al.. (2008). Distribution and migration of ordnance-related compounds and oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes in ground water near Snake Pond, Sandwich, Massachusetts. Scientific investigations report. 3 indexed citations

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Barber, Larry B., Michael T. Meyer, Denis R. LeBlanc, et al.. (2008). Subsurface fate and transport of sulfamethoxazole, 4-nonylphenol, and 17β-estradiol. IAHS-AISH publication. 133–139. 1 indexed citations

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Walter, Donald A. & Denis R. LeBlanc. (2008). Use of inverse-modeling methods to improve ground-water-model calibration and evaluate model-prediction uncertainty, Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Scientific investigations report. 2 indexed citations

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Mathisen, Paul Peter, Douglas B. Kent, Richard L. Smith, et al.. (2003). Assessing the effect of natural attenuation on oxygen consumption processes in a sewage-contaminated aquifer by use of a natural-gradient tracer test. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 2 indexed citations

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Gleizes, Gérard, Denis R. LeBlanc, Patrick Olivier, & J. L. Bouchez. (2001). Strain partitioning in a pluton during emplacement in transpressional regime: the example of the Néouvielle granite (Pyrenees). International Journal of Earth Sciences. 90(2). 325–340. 46 indexed citations

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LeBlanc, Denis R., et al.. (1996). Estructuras sigmoides en el macizo granítico hercínico de Cauterets-Panticosa (Pirineos).. Geogaceta. 778–781. 1 indexed citations

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LeBlanc, Denis R., Stephen P. Garabedian, Kathryn M. Hess, et al.. (1991). Large-scale natural gradient tracer test in sand and gravel, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. 1. Experimental design and observed tracer movement. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts. 28(6). A334–A334. 2 indexed citations

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