Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
(‡ Student author)
‡Rossi, M.L., Kremer, P., Cravotta ,C.A. III, Seng, K.E. & Goldsmith, S.T. (2023), Land development and road salt usage drive long-term changes in major-ion chemistry of streamwater in six exurban and suburban watersheds, southeastern Pennsylvania, 1999–2019. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11:1153133. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2023.1153133.
‡Rossi, M. L., Kremer, P., Cravotta, C. A., Scheirer, K. E., & Goldsmith, S. T. (2022). Long-term impacts of impervious surface cover change and roadway deicing agent application on chloride concentrations in exurban and suburban watersheds. Science of the total environment, 851, 157933.
Rodrigues, L.J., ‡Blemker, S.R., ‡Frangos, S.C., ‡De Jesus, B., Soler, I.R., Ríos, R.V., Goldsmith, S.T., 2022, Bioaccumulation of trace metals in two oyster species from southwest Puerto Rico, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 178, 113581.
‡Cruz, Y.D., ‡Rossi, M.L., and Goldsmith, S.T., 2022, Impacts of road deicing application on sodium and chloride concentrations in Philadelphia region drinking water. GeoHealth, e2021GH000538.
‡Papotto, J, Rodrigues, L.J., ‡Seibert, E.M., Wagner, E.J., and Goldsmith, S.T., 2021, Spatial controls on riverbed sediment chemistry in three anthropogenically modified tropical mountainous watersheds, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1007/s13762-021-03155-y.
‡Korman L.B., Goldsmith, S.T., Wagner, E.J, Rodrigues, L.J., 2020, Spatially Distributed Simulations of Dry and Wet Season Sediment Yields: A Case Study in the Lower Rio Loco Watershed, Puerto Rico, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 103, 102717.
‡Smith, D.F., Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, B.A., Espinosa, J.A., and Harmon, R.S., 2020, Physical controls and ENSO event influence on weathering in the Panama Canal Watershed, Scientific Reports (in press).
Goldsmith, S.T., ‡Hanley, K.M., ‡Waligroski, G.J., Wagner, E.J., Boschi, V.L., and Grannas, A.M., 2020, Triclosan export from low-volume sources in an urban to rural watershed, Science of the Total Environment, 720: 135380.
Gardner, C.B., Carey, A.E., Lyons, W.B., Goldsmith, S.T., McAdams, B.C., and Trierweiler, A., and Harmon, R.S., 2017, Molybdenum, Vanadium, and Uranium Weathering in Small Mountainous Rivers and High-Standing Islands, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 219, 22-43.
‡Sebastiao, A.G., Wagner, E., and Goldsmith, S.T., Trace Metal Sediment Loading in the Mill Creek: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Vehicular Pollutants in Suburban Waterways, Applied Geochemistry, doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.04.001.
Welch, S.A., McAdams, B.C., Goldsmith, S.T., Trierweiler, A., Deuerling, K., Von Bargen, J.M., and Carey, A.E., 2017, Impact of anthropogenic disturbance on the chemistry of a small urban pond, Applied Geochemistry, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.03.004.
Harmon, R.S., Worner, G., Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, B.A., Gardner, C.B., Lyons, W.B., Ogden, F.L., Pribil, M.J., Long, D.T., Kern, Z., and Forizs, I., 2016, Riverine geochemistry of Panama: Silicate weathering and CO2 consumption in a mountainous tropical setting, Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B31388.1.
Goldsmith, S.T., Moyer, R.P., and Harmon, R.J.,2015, Hydrochemistry and biogeochemistry of tropical small mountain rivers, Applied Geochemistry, 63, 453-455.
Sutter, L.A., Weston, N.B., and Goldsmith, S.T., 2015, Hydraulic Fracturing: Potential Impacts to Wetlands, Wetland Science and Practice, 3, 7-16.
Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, R.S., Lyons, W.B., Harmon, B.A., Ogden, F.L., and Gardner, C.B., 2015, Evaluation of controls on silicate weathering in tropical mountainous rivers: Insights from the isthmus of Panama, Geology, 43, 7: 563-566.
Goldsmith, S.T., Lyons, W.B., Harmon, R.S., Harmon, B.A., Carey, A.E., and McElwee, G.T., 2015, Organic carbon concentrations and transport in small rivers, Panama, Applied Geochemistry, 63, 540-549, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.04.014.
Welch, S.A, Goldsmith, S.T., and Carey, A.E., 2015, Impact of trace mineral phases on the total solute flux from Andesitic Volcanics, Applied Geochemistry, 63, 527-539, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.03.015.
Carey, A.E., Mendoza, J.A., Welch, K.A., Gardner, C.B., Goldsmith, S.T., and Lyons, W.B., 2015, Assessment of stream geochemistry in west central Nicaragua during baseflow conditions, Applied Geochemistry, 63, 519-526, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.03.013.
Porder, S, Johnson, A.H., Xing H.X., Brocard, G., Goldsmith, S., and Pett-Ridge, J., 2015, Linking geomorphology, weathering and cation availability in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico, Geoderma, 249-250: 100-110.
Goldsmith, S.T., Trierweiler, A.M., Welch, S.A., Bancroft, A., VonBargen, J.‡, and Carey, A.E., 2013, Transforming a university tradition into a geoscience teaching and learning opportunity for the university and surrounding community, Journal of Geoscience Education, 61, 280-290.
Wohl, E., Barros, A., Brunsell, N., Chappell N.A., Coe, M, Giambelluca, T., Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, R., Hendrickx, J.M.A., Juvik, J., McDonnell, J., and Ogden, F., 2012, A research vision for hydrology of the humid tropics: Balancing water, energy, and land use, Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/nclimate1556.
Goldsmith, S.T., Carey, A.E., Johnson, B.M.‡, Lyons. W.B., Welch, S.A., and McDowell, W.H., 2010, Weathering and CO2 consumption potential of andesitic terrains, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 85-103, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.009.
Goldsmith, S.T., Carey, A.E., Lyons, W.B., Kao, S-.J., and Chen J., 2008, Extreme storm events, landscape denudation, and carbon sequestration: Typhoon Mindulle, Choshui River, Taiwan, Geology, 36, 6 483-486.
Goldsmith, S.T., Carey, A.E., Lyons., W.B., and Hicks, M., 2008, Geochemical fluxes and weathering on high standing islands: Taranaki and Manawatu-Wanganui Regions, New Zealand, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 9, 2248-2267.
Carey, A.E., Gardner, C.B., Goldsmith, S.T., Lyons, W.B., and Hicks, D.M., 2005, Organic carbon yields from small, mountainous rivers, New Zealand”, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, 15, L15404, doi:10.1029/2005GLO23159
Published Conference Proceedings
Harmon, R.S., Wörner, G., Pribil, M.J., Zern, Z., Fórizs, I., Lyons, W.B., Gardner, C.B., and Goldsmith, S.T., 2015, Isotopic Chemistry of Panama Rivers, Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 13:108 – 111, DOI: 10.1016/j.proeps.2015.07.026.
Harmon, R.S., Lyons, W.B., Gardner, C.B., Goldsmith, S.T., Long, D.T., Miasova, H., Welch, S., and Welch, K., 2013, Surface Water Geochemistry and Chemical Weathering Across Panama, Procedia Earth And Planetary Science, 7:342-345, DOI:10.1016/j.proeps.2013.03.134.
Harmon, R.S., Lyons, W.B., Goldsmith, S.T., Carey, A., Welch, S., Welch, K., Long, D., and Mitasova, H., 2010, Geochemistry of Rivers in Panama: in Water-Rock Interaction (P. Birkle and I. Torres-Alvarado, editors), Taylor & Francis Group, London, 253-256.
Articles in Submission
(‡ Student author)
Conference Presentations (Past Five Years)
(‡ Student author)
‡Arnold, L., Cruz, Y.D., Goldsmith, S.T., Effectiveness of point of use (POU) flow through water pitcher filters at removing sodium from tap water, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (December 2022).
‡Rossi, M.L., Kremer, P., Cravotta, C.A., Sheirer, K.E., and Goldsmith, S.T., Long-term impacts of impervious surface cover change and roadway deicing agent application on chloride concentrations in exurban and suburban watersheds, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (October 2021).
‡Dempsey, K., ‡Smith, D.F., Harmon, B.A., Harmon, R.S., Espinosa, J.A., and Goldsmith, S.T., Physical and climatic controls on nitrogen export across the Panama Canal Watershed, Physical and climatic controls on nitrogen export across the Panama Canal Watershed, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Academic (October 2021).
‡Moczulski, M.M. (Presenter & Author), Goldsmith, S.T., Rodrigues, L.J., ‡Cleary, N.E., Gandy, M., and Chase, T.J., Heavy Metal Contamination in Sediments and Land Use/Land Cover Change in the Guánica Watershed, Puerto Rico from 1936-2016, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (October 2021).
‡Rossi, M.L. (Presenter & Author), Kremer, P., Cravotta, C.A., Sheirer, K.E., and Goldsmith, S.T., Long-term impacts of impervious surface cover change and roadway deicing agent application on chloride concentrations in exurban and suburban watersheds, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Academic (October 2021).
‡McCullough, M., Goldsmith, S.T., Strader, S., Rodrigues, L.J., 2021 International Coral Reef Symposium, Virtual, “Applying the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to Model Land-Based Sources of Pollution and their Influence on Coral Disease in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu”, Academic, International (July 2021).
Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, R.S., Lyons, W.B., Long, D.T., Gardner, C.B., Welch, K.A., and Welch, S.A., 2015, Silicate weathering and CO2 consumption in a mountainous tropical setting: Insights from the isthmus of Panama, Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America, 47, 7, p. 459.
‡Smith, D., Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, B.A., Espinosa, J., Harmon, R.S., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Physical Controls and ENSO Event Influence on Chemical Weathering Across the Panama Canal Watershed (October 2020)
Goldsmith, S.T. (Presenter & Author), Watershed Congress Along the Schuylkill River, Pottstown, PA, “Historical Deposition of Coal Sediment in the Schuylkill River Floodplain” (September 2020)
‡Siebert, E., Wagner, E., Goldsmith, ESRI Mid-Atlantic Users Conference, Philadelphia, PA, “Taking GIS into the field using with ArcGIS mobile apps” (December 2019)
‡Marks, N., Kremer, P., Goldsmith, S.T., Delaware Watershed Research Conference, Academy of Natural Sciences Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, "The Impact of Non-Point Sources of Contamination on the Biogeochemistry of a Rural to Urban Watershed." (November 2019).
‡Seibert, E.M., Wagner, E., Rodrigues, L.J., Goldsmith, S.T., American Geophysical Union 2019 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. “The trace metal chemistry of anthropogenically-modified small mountainous river watersheds in southern Puerto Rico” Poster Presentation December 2019).
‡Carter, A.M., Rodrigues, L.J., and Goldsmith, S.T., Geological Society of America 2020 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. “Determination of sediment provenance and contaminant sources in the Rio Loco Watershed of Puerto Rico” Poster Presentation (October 2018).
(‡ Student author)
‡Rossi, M.L., Kremer, P., Cravotta ,C.A. III, Seng, K.E. & Goldsmith, S.T. (2023), Land development and road salt usage drive long-term changes in major-ion chemistry of streamwater in six exurban and suburban watersheds, southeastern Pennsylvania, 1999–2019. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11:1153133. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2023.1153133.
‡Rossi, M. L., Kremer, P., Cravotta, C. A., Scheirer, K. E., & Goldsmith, S. T. (2022). Long-term impacts of impervious surface cover change and roadway deicing agent application on chloride concentrations in exurban and suburban watersheds. Science of the total environment, 851, 157933.
Rodrigues, L.J., ‡Blemker, S.R., ‡Frangos, S.C., ‡De Jesus, B., Soler, I.R., Ríos, R.V., Goldsmith, S.T., 2022, Bioaccumulation of trace metals in two oyster species from southwest Puerto Rico, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 178, 113581.
‡Cruz, Y.D., ‡Rossi, M.L., and Goldsmith, S.T., 2022, Impacts of road deicing application on sodium and chloride concentrations in Philadelphia region drinking water. GeoHealth, e2021GH000538.
‡Papotto, J, Rodrigues, L.J., ‡Seibert, E.M., Wagner, E.J., and Goldsmith, S.T., 2021, Spatial controls on riverbed sediment chemistry in three anthropogenically modified tropical mountainous watersheds, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1007/s13762-021-03155-y.
‡Korman L.B., Goldsmith, S.T., Wagner, E.J, Rodrigues, L.J., 2020, Spatially Distributed Simulations of Dry and Wet Season Sediment Yields: A Case Study in the Lower Rio Loco Watershed, Puerto Rico, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 103, 102717.
‡Smith, D.F., Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, B.A., Espinosa, J.A., and Harmon, R.S., 2020, Physical controls and ENSO event influence on weathering in the Panama Canal Watershed, Scientific Reports (in press).
Goldsmith, S.T., ‡Hanley, K.M., ‡Waligroski, G.J., Wagner, E.J., Boschi, V.L., and Grannas, A.M., 2020, Triclosan export from low-volume sources in an urban to rural watershed, Science of the Total Environment, 720: 135380.
Gardner, C.B., Carey, A.E., Lyons, W.B., Goldsmith, S.T., McAdams, B.C., and Trierweiler, A., and Harmon, R.S., 2017, Molybdenum, Vanadium, and Uranium Weathering in Small Mountainous Rivers and High-Standing Islands, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 219, 22-43.
‡Sebastiao, A.G., Wagner, E., and Goldsmith, S.T., Trace Metal Sediment Loading in the Mill Creek: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Vehicular Pollutants in Suburban Waterways, Applied Geochemistry, doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.04.001.
Welch, S.A., McAdams, B.C., Goldsmith, S.T., Trierweiler, A., Deuerling, K., Von Bargen, J.M., and Carey, A.E., 2017, Impact of anthropogenic disturbance on the chemistry of a small urban pond, Applied Geochemistry, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.03.004.
Harmon, R.S., Worner, G., Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, B.A., Gardner, C.B., Lyons, W.B., Ogden, F.L., Pribil, M.J., Long, D.T., Kern, Z., and Forizs, I., 2016, Riverine geochemistry of Panama: Silicate weathering and CO2 consumption in a mountainous tropical setting, Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B31388.1.
Goldsmith, S.T., Moyer, R.P., and Harmon, R.J.,2015, Hydrochemistry and biogeochemistry of tropical small mountain rivers, Applied Geochemistry, 63, 453-455.
Sutter, L.A., Weston, N.B., and Goldsmith, S.T., 2015, Hydraulic Fracturing: Potential Impacts to Wetlands, Wetland Science and Practice, 3, 7-16.
Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, R.S., Lyons, W.B., Harmon, B.A., Ogden, F.L., and Gardner, C.B., 2015, Evaluation of controls on silicate weathering in tropical mountainous rivers: Insights from the isthmus of Panama, Geology, 43, 7: 563-566.
Goldsmith, S.T., Lyons, W.B., Harmon, R.S., Harmon, B.A., Carey, A.E., and McElwee, G.T., 2015, Organic carbon concentrations and transport in small rivers, Panama, Applied Geochemistry, 63, 540-549, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.04.014.
Welch, S.A, Goldsmith, S.T., and Carey, A.E., 2015, Impact of trace mineral phases on the total solute flux from Andesitic Volcanics, Applied Geochemistry, 63, 527-539, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.03.015.
Carey, A.E., Mendoza, J.A., Welch, K.A., Gardner, C.B., Goldsmith, S.T., and Lyons, W.B., 2015, Assessment of stream geochemistry in west central Nicaragua during baseflow conditions, Applied Geochemistry, 63, 519-526, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.03.013.
Porder, S, Johnson, A.H., Xing H.X., Brocard, G., Goldsmith, S., and Pett-Ridge, J., 2015, Linking geomorphology, weathering and cation availability in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico, Geoderma, 249-250: 100-110.
Goldsmith, S.T., Trierweiler, A.M., Welch, S.A., Bancroft, A., VonBargen, J.‡, and Carey, A.E., 2013, Transforming a university tradition into a geoscience teaching and learning opportunity for the university and surrounding community, Journal of Geoscience Education, 61, 280-290.
Wohl, E., Barros, A., Brunsell, N., Chappell N.A., Coe, M, Giambelluca, T., Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, R., Hendrickx, J.M.A., Juvik, J., McDonnell, J., and Ogden, F., 2012, A research vision for hydrology of the humid tropics: Balancing water, energy, and land use, Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/nclimate1556.
Goldsmith, S.T., Carey, A.E., Johnson, B.M.‡, Lyons. W.B., Welch, S.A., and McDowell, W.H., 2010, Weathering and CO2 consumption potential of andesitic terrains, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74, 85-103, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.009.
Goldsmith, S.T., Carey, A.E., Lyons, W.B., Kao, S-.J., and Chen J., 2008, Extreme storm events, landscape denudation, and carbon sequestration: Typhoon Mindulle, Choshui River, Taiwan, Geology, 36, 6 483-486.
Goldsmith, S.T., Carey, A.E., Lyons., W.B., and Hicks, M., 2008, Geochemical fluxes and weathering on high standing islands: Taranaki and Manawatu-Wanganui Regions, New Zealand, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 9, 2248-2267.
Carey, A.E., Gardner, C.B., Goldsmith, S.T., Lyons, W.B., and Hicks, D.M., 2005, Organic carbon yields from small, mountainous rivers, New Zealand”, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, 15, L15404, doi:10.1029/2005GLO23159
Published Conference Proceedings
Harmon, R.S., Wörner, G., Pribil, M.J., Zern, Z., Fórizs, I., Lyons, W.B., Gardner, C.B., and Goldsmith, S.T., 2015, Isotopic Chemistry of Panama Rivers, Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 13:108 – 111, DOI: 10.1016/j.proeps.2015.07.026.
Harmon, R.S., Lyons, W.B., Gardner, C.B., Goldsmith, S.T., Long, D.T., Miasova, H., Welch, S., and Welch, K., 2013, Surface Water Geochemistry and Chemical Weathering Across Panama, Procedia Earth And Planetary Science, 7:342-345, DOI:10.1016/j.proeps.2013.03.134.
Harmon, R.S., Lyons, W.B., Goldsmith, S.T., Carey, A., Welch, S., Welch, K., Long, D., and Mitasova, H., 2010, Geochemistry of Rivers in Panama: in Water-Rock Interaction (P. Birkle and I. Torres-Alvarado, editors), Taylor & Francis Group, London, 253-256.
Articles in Submission
(‡ Student author)
Conference Presentations (Past Five Years)
(‡ Student author)
‡Arnold, L., Cruz, Y.D., Goldsmith, S.T., Effectiveness of point of use (POU) flow through water pitcher filters at removing sodium from tap water, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (December 2022).
‡Rossi, M.L., Kremer, P., Cravotta, C.A., Sheirer, K.E., and Goldsmith, S.T., Long-term impacts of impervious surface cover change and roadway deicing agent application on chloride concentrations in exurban and suburban watersheds, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (October 2021).
‡Dempsey, K., ‡Smith, D.F., Harmon, B.A., Harmon, R.S., Espinosa, J.A., and Goldsmith, S.T., Physical and climatic controls on nitrogen export across the Panama Canal Watershed, Physical and climatic controls on nitrogen export across the Panama Canal Watershed, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Academic (October 2021).
‡Moczulski, M.M. (Presenter & Author), Goldsmith, S.T., Rodrigues, L.J., ‡Cleary, N.E., Gandy, M., and Chase, T.J., Heavy Metal Contamination in Sediments and Land Use/Land Cover Change in the Guánica Watershed, Puerto Rico from 1936-2016, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (October 2021).
‡Rossi, M.L. (Presenter & Author), Kremer, P., Cravotta, C.A., Sheirer, K.E., and Goldsmith, S.T., Long-term impacts of impervious surface cover change and roadway deicing agent application on chloride concentrations in exurban and suburban watersheds, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Academic (October 2021).
‡McCullough, M., Goldsmith, S.T., Strader, S., Rodrigues, L.J., 2021 International Coral Reef Symposium, Virtual, “Applying the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to Model Land-Based Sources of Pollution and their Influence on Coral Disease in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu”, Academic, International (July 2021).
Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, R.S., Lyons, W.B., Long, D.T., Gardner, C.B., Welch, K.A., and Welch, S.A., 2015, Silicate weathering and CO2 consumption in a mountainous tropical setting: Insights from the isthmus of Panama, Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America, 47, 7, p. 459.
‡Smith, D., Goldsmith, S.T., Harmon, B.A., Espinosa, J., Harmon, R.S., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Physical Controls and ENSO Event Influence on Chemical Weathering Across the Panama Canal Watershed (October 2020)
Goldsmith, S.T. (Presenter & Author), Watershed Congress Along the Schuylkill River, Pottstown, PA, “Historical Deposition of Coal Sediment in the Schuylkill River Floodplain” (September 2020)
‡Siebert, E., Wagner, E., Goldsmith, ESRI Mid-Atlantic Users Conference, Philadelphia, PA, “Taking GIS into the field using with ArcGIS mobile apps” (December 2019)
‡Marks, N., Kremer, P., Goldsmith, S.T., Delaware Watershed Research Conference, Academy of Natural Sciences Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, "The Impact of Non-Point Sources of Contamination on the Biogeochemistry of a Rural to Urban Watershed." (November 2019).
‡Seibert, E.M., Wagner, E., Rodrigues, L.J., Goldsmith, S.T., American Geophysical Union 2019 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. “The trace metal chemistry of anthropogenically-modified small mountainous river watersheds in southern Puerto Rico” Poster Presentation December 2019).
‡Carter, A.M., Rodrigues, L.J., and Goldsmith, S.T., Geological Society of America 2020 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. “Determination of sediment provenance and contaminant sources in the Rio Loco Watershed of Puerto Rico” Poster Presentation (October 2018).
