Impact of soil pH and organic matter on the chemical bioavailability of vanadium species: the underlying basis for risk assessment

I Reijonen, M Metzler, H Hartikainen - Environmental Pollution, 2016 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to unravel the chemical reactions and processes
dictating the potential bioavailability of vanadium (V). In environmental solutions V exists in …

Unveiling errors in soil microbial community sequencing: a case for reference soils and improved diagnostics for nanopore sequencing

DK Manter, CL Reardon, AJ Ashworth… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The sequencing platform and workflow strongly influence microbial community analyses
through potential errors at each step. Effective diagnostics and experimental controls are …

Spatial distribution and health risk assessment in urban surface soils of Mediterranean Sea region, Cyprus İsland

A Abbasi, F Mirekhtiary, Ş Turhan, A Kurnaz… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Soil pollution with heavy metals (HMs) has become an increasingly serious environmental
concern and needs assessment of ecological and human health risks, especially in an …

Soil control of trace metals concentrations in landfills: A case study of the largest landfill in Europe, Malagrotta, Rome

M Barbieri, G Sappa, S Vitale, B Parisse… - Journal of geochemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Thirteen soil samples were collected in April 2009 in Malagrotta's landfill, near Rome, to
evaluate the geochemical factors that control the distribution pattern of trace elements and to …

Comparison of field portable XRF and aqua regia/ICPAES soil analysis and evaluation of soil moisture influence on FPXRF results

AR Schneider, B Cancès, C Breton, M Ponthieu… - Journal of Soils and …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Field portable X-ray fluorescence (FPXRF) technology can offer a rapid and cost-
effective determination of the total elemental concentrations in soils. The aims of this study …

Heavy metal availability assessment using portable X-ray fluorescence and single extraction procedures on former vineyard polluted soils

E Peralta, G Pérez, G Ojeda, JM Alcañiz… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The periodic application of copper-based fungicides (Bourdeaux mixture) to vineyards of the
Mediterranean region has generated an important pollution source that in some cases …

Soil pollution: Anthropogenic versus geogenic contributions over large areas of the Lazio region

M Barbieri, G Sappa, A Nigro - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2018 - Elsevier
During the last three decades, the scientific community, politicians and decision makers
have focussed on the behaviours of trace elements in soil, its accumulation and toxicity, the …

Arsenic relative bioavailability in contaminated soils: comparison of animal models, dosing schemes, and biological end points

J Li, C Li, HJ Sun, AL Juhasz, J Luo… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Different animals and biomarkers have been used to measure the relative bioavailability of
arsenic (As-RBA) in contaminated soils. However, there is a lack of As-RBA comparison …

Performance comparison of portable XRF instruments

NW Brand, CJ Brand - 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Portable XRF instruments are effective tools to provide 'fit for purpose'qualitative chemical
data that are precise but typically very inaccurate. Under standardized test conditions, the …

Ceramic studies using portable XRF: From experimental tempered ceramics to imports and imitations at Tell Mozan, Syria

E Frahm - Journal of archaeological science, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Studies of Northern Mesopotamian complex societies have long been predicated
on ceramic wares, whereby ceramic variation is thought to reflect cultural variation. There is …