An updated review on tritium in the environment

F Eyrolle, L Ducros, S Le Dizès… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Various studies indicated more or less recently that organically bound tritium (OBT) formed
from gaseous or liquid tritium releases into the environment potentially accumulates in …

Hydrogen isotope labeling unravels origin of soil-bound organic contaminant residues in biodegradability testing

S Lennartz, HA Byrne, S Kümmel, M Krauss… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Biodegradability testing in soil helps to identify safe synthetic organic chemicals but is still
obscured by the formation of soil-bound 'non-extractable'residues (NERs). Present-day …

Occurrences and possible sources of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in ice-free area soils in East Antarctica

D Wang, H Ma, Z Chen, G Shi - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Antarctica is widely regarded as a sink for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). However,
there is a scarcity of data on the occurrence and spatial pattern of POPs in Antarctica …

[HTML][HTML] Tracing sources and turnover of soil organic matter in a long-term irrigated dry forest using a novel hydrogen isotope approach

C Guidi, MM Lehmann, K Meusburger, M Saurer… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The contribution from foliage, roots, and fungi to soil organic matter (SOM) represents a key
unknown in SOM dynamics. Since stable hydrogen isotope ratios (δ 2 H n) can greatly differ …

Effects of Climate Change on Soil Organic Matter C and H Isotope Composition in a Mediterranean Savannah (Dehesa): An Assessment Using Py-CSIA

LM San-Emeterio, LM Zavala… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dehesas are Mediterranean agro-sylvo-pastoral systems sensitive to climate change.
Extreme climate conditions forecasted for Mediterranean areas may change soil C turnover …

D2O labelling reveals synthesis of small, water-soluble metabolites in soil

CR Warren - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Small, water-soluble metabolites (eg amino acids, sugars) occupy central positions in
biogeochemical cycling, yet for most metabolites we do not know rates of de novo synthesis …

Evidence for tritium persistence as organically bound forms in river sediments since the past nuclear weapon tests

F Eyrolle, Y Copard, H Lepage, L Ducros… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tritium of artificial origin was initially introduced to the environment from the global
atmospheric fallout after nuclear weapons tests. Its level was increased in rainwaters by a …

Incorporation of ambient water-H into the C-bonded H pool of bacteria during substrate-specific metabolism

A Kessler, S Merseburger, A Kappler… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stable isotope ratios of C-bonded H (δ2Hn values) can be used to locate soil samples
for forensic purposes because of their close correlation with the δ2H values of precipitation …

Determination of the baseline tritium concentrations (HTO, TFWT and OBT) in soil and plants in Ontario, Canada

SB Kim, M Bredlaw, H Rousselle, M Bond… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tritiated water (HTO), tissue free water tritium (TFWT) and organically bound tritium (OBT)
activity concentrations in soil and plant leaves, collected at background areas in Ontario …

Towards speciation of organically bound tritium and deuterium: Quantification of non-exchangeable forms in carbohydrate molecules

O Péron, E Fourré, L Pastor, C Gégout, B Reeves… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
An original methodology to quantitatively explore exchangeability of hydrogen isotopes in
carbohydrate molecules is proposed. To access the speciation of organically bound …