Sources and migration of heavy metals in a karst water system under the threats of an abandoned Pb–Zn mine, Southwest China

W Qin, D Han, X Song, S Liu - Environmental pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Water quality is of great concern under the threats of an abandoned Pb–Zn mine within a
vulnerable karst area. This study focuses on tracing the sources, migration and relevant …

Learning to read the chemistry of regolith to understand the critical zone

SL Brantley, M Lebedeva - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The base of the Critical Zone includes the mantle of altered soil and rock—regolith—that
changes in response to chemical, physical, and biological processes occurring at Earth's …

Metal contamination of natural surface soils from long-range atmospheric transport: existing and missing knowledge

E Steinnes, AJ Friedland - Environmental Reviews, 2006 - cdnsciencepub.com
This review focuses on the long-range atmospheric transport of metals to organic-rich
surface soils (mostly 50–90% organic matter) in the temperate, coniferous, and boreal zones …

The use of Pb, Sr, and Hg isotopes in Great Lakes precipitation as a tool for pollution source attribution

LS Sherman, JD Blum, JT Dvonch, LE Gratz… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
The anthropogenic emission and subsequent deposition of heavy metals including mercury
(Hg) and lead (Pb) present human health and environmental concerns. Although it is known …

Contamination of heavy metals and isotopic tracing of Pb in surface and profile soils in a polluted farmland from a typical karst area in southern China

J Kong, Q Guo, R Wei, H Strauss, G Zhu, S Li… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Farmland top soils and soil profiles situated in the karst area of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region, southern China, reveal different degrees of heavy metal pollution, both …

Legacy of anthropogenic lead in urban soils: Co-occurrence with metal (loids) and fallout radionuclides, isotopic fingerprinting, and in vitro bioaccessibility

Z Wang, AM Wade, DD Richter, HM Stapleton… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic lead (Pb) in soils poses risks to human health, particularly to the
neuropsychological development of exposed children. Delineating the sources and potential …