Mineral–microbe interactions play important roles in environmental change, biogeochemical
cycling of elements and formation of ore deposits. Minerals provide both beneficial (physical …

Interactions between microorganisms and clay minerals are ubiquitous in nature and are
involved in the formation and transformation of clay minerals and the global cycles of many …

Mineral binding is a major mechanism for soil carbon (C) stabilization, and mineral
availability for C binding critically affects C storage. Yet, the mechanisms regulating mineral …

Clays and clay minerals are common components in soils, sediments, and sedimentary
rocks, and they play an important role in many environmental processes. Iron is ubiquitous …

Silica diagenesis is critical to reservoir properties of shale, including porosity and rock
mechanical properties, thus exerting a significant effect on shale gas production, but the role …

The Martian surface is cold, dry, exposed to biologically harmful radiation and apparently
barren today. Nevertheless, there is clear geological evidence for warmer, wetter intervals in …

The origin of sedimentary dolomite is a subject of long-standing enigma that still awaits
resolution. Previous studies have shown that room temperature synthesis of abiotic dolomite …

Biogeochemical weathering of bedrock is the most important input of silicon (Si) and
phosphorus (P) to forest ecosystems. While soil microbes, and in particular P-solubilizing …

The rare earth elements (REEs) are an important tool for understanding biogeochemical
cycling and sedimentary processes in the global ocean. However, ambiguities in the marine …

Clay minerals are ubiquitous in soils, sediments, and sedimentary rocks, and they play
important roles in environmental processes. Microbes are also abundant in these geological …