The concentrations of U in natural waters are usually low, being typically less than 4 μg/L in
river water, around 3.3 μg/L in open seawater, and usually less than 5 μg/L in groundwater …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Ferromanganese nodules are huge metal resources and windows into Earth processes,
being widely distributed in vast deep-sea basins covered by sediments. Co-rich …

Marine authigenic carbonates form shallow-water microbialites, mud mounds, and
hydrocarbon-seep deposits and contain appreciable amounts of trace elements that yield …

Ferromanganese nodules in the northwestern Pacific are newly discovered submarine solid
mineral resources with high economic value. To systematically ascertain the metallogenesis …

The geochemistry of the carbonate sedimentary record is invaluable for understanding the
ancient seawater evolution of carbon and redox-sensitive elements. However, the …

Interpreting the environmental conditions under which ancient microbialites formed relies
upon comparisons with modern analogues. This is why we need a detailed reference …

Rare earth element and yttrium (REY) concentrations of carbonates can be used as potential
proxies to trace the geochemistry of precipitating waters and physico-chemical …

Identifying the distribution features, mobilization mechanisms and migration processes of
heavy metals (HMs) in estuarine sediments is essential to predict their potential toxicity risk …

Rapidly spreading industrialization since the 19th century has led to a drastic increase in
trace metal deposition in coastal sediments. Provided that these trace metals have remained …