Pollution status and risk assessment of trace elements in Portuguese water, soils, sediments, and associated biota: A trend analysis from the 80s to 2021

CMCM Couto, C Ribeiro - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
Pollution of water bodies and sediments/soils by trace elements remains a global threat and
a serious environmental hazard to biodiversity and human's health. Globalization and …

Trend analysis of global usage of digital soil map** models in the prediction of potentially toxic elements in soil/sediments: a bibliometric review

PC Agyeman, SK Ahado, L Borůvka, JKM Biney… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The rising and continuous pollution of the soil from anthropogenic activities is of great
concern. Owing to this concern, the advent of digital soil map** (DSM) has been a tool that …

Ecotoxicological health risk analysis of potential toxic elements accumulation in the sediments of Kızılırmak River

H Cüce, E Kalipci, F Ustaoglu, V Baser… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
This study analyzed the spatial distribution, ecotoxicological and health risks and possible
sources of 14 potential toxic elements from surface sediment samples in Kızılırmak River by …

A comprehensive investigation of hazardous elements contamination in mining and smelting-impacted soils and sediments

X Zhao, B He, H Wu, G Zheng, X Ma, J Liang… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Extensive mining and smelting activities in the Baiyin district have resulted in a serious
hazardous elements (HEs) contamination in the soils and overbank sediments. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing spatial distribution, potential ecological and human health risks of soil heavy metals contamination around a Trailer Park in Nigeria

OH Adedeji, OO Olayinka, OO Tope-Ajayi, AS Adekoya - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper examined the ecological and health risks of potentially toxic metals (Cd, Cu, Pb
and Zn) in soils around the Gateway Trailer Park, Ogere, Nigeria. Seventy-two (72) …

Seasonal and spatial contamination statuses and ecological risk of sediment cores highly contaminated by heavy metals and metalloids in the **angjiang River

H Li, L Chai, Z Yang, Q Liao, Y Liu… - … geochemistry and health, 2019 - Springer
To reveal seasonal and spatial variations of heavy metals and metalloids (HMMs) in
sediment of the **angjiang River, a total of 24 water and 649 sediment samples were …

Using the compound system to synthetically evaluate the enrichment of heavy metal (loid) s in a subtropical basin, China

H Zhang, H Zeng, Y Jiang, Z **e, X Xu, M Ding… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
A compound system involving three matrices (water, sediment, and paddy soil) was
conceived to determine the potential sources of metal (loid) s (Ti, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd …

Risk-based prediction of metal toxicity in sediment and impact on human health due to consumption of seafood (Saccostrea cucullata) found in two highly …

S Satapathy, CR Panda, BS Jena - Environmental geochemistry and …, 2019 - Springer
Estuarine ecosystems of the Bay of Bengal, India, are considered as the most productive
environment, which have been persistently threatened by substantial anthropogenic activity …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a definition of a spatial geochemical compatibility: workflow, validation, and application

MV Zuccolini, S Pittaluga, M Miola - Applied Geochemistry, 2025 - Elsevier
Decision-making in environmental monitoring and remediation is heavily influenced by
technical and regulatory tools. However, these tools often fail to take full account of the …

Water-rock interaction and potential contamination risk in a U-enriched area

M Antunes, R Teixeira, T Albuquerque, T Valente… - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Picoto mining area is in the village of Vilar Seco (Viseu), central Portugal. Mineralization
occurs mainly in quartz veins with meta-torbernite and uranophane and some U-bearing …