Soil and environmental issues in sandy soils

J Huang, AE Hartemink - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Sandy soils are widely distributed across the world. Due to the growing global population
and urbanization, these soils are increasingly used to provide food, feed, fiber, energy, and …

Mechanisms and pathways of trace element mobility in soils

R Carrillo‐González, J Šimůnek, S Sauvé… - Advances in agronomy, 2006 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The importance of trace elements (TEs) in soils depends largely on their
fraction that has immediate biological function, that is, the fraction of the total soil burden that …

[PDF][PDF] The meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method: a simple & less-costly alternative to the finite element and boundary element methods

S Shen - Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 2002 - cdn.techscience.cn
A comparison study of the efficiency and accuracy of a variety of meshless trial and test
functions is presented in this paper, based on the general concept of the meshless local …

Interaction between zinc and freshwater and marine diatom species: surface complexation and Zn isotope fractionation

A Gélabert, OS Pokrovsky, J Viers, J Schott… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2006 - Elsevier
This work is devoted to characterization of zinc interaction in aqueous solution with two
marine planktonic (Thalassiosira weissflogii= TW, Skeletonema costatum= SC) and two …

Biogenic-to-lithogenic handoff of particulate Zn affects the Zn cycle in the Southern Ocean

J Duan, R Cloete, JC Loock, A Lanzirotti, M Newville… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Zinc (Zn) is vital to marine organisms. Its active uptake by phytoplankton results in a
substantial depletion of dissolved Zn, and Zn bound to particulate organic matter …

Vertical migration behavior simulation and prediction of Pb and Cd in co-contaminated soil around Pb-Zn smelting slag site

Y Luo, Z Wang, YD Zhang, JQ Zhang, Q Zeng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heavy metal migration in soil poses a serious threat to the soil and groundwater.
Understanding the migration pattern of heavy metals (HMs) under different factors could …

Highly-defective nanocrystals of ZnS formed via dissimilatory bacterial sulfate reduction: A comparative study with their abiogenic analogues

J Xu, M Murayama, CM Roco, H Veeramani… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
The physicochemical properties of a (nano) mineral are strongly affected by its formation
processes, and thus, may indicate the (nano) mineral's formation environment and …

Application of three nanoparticles (Al2O3, SiO2 and TiO2) for metal-contaminated soil remediation (measuring and modeling)

E Naderi Peikam, M Jalali - International Journal of Environmental Science …, 2019 - Springer
The immobilization of zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd) and nickel (Ni) using nanoparticles (NPs) was
investigated. Two non-calcareous and calcareous contaminated soils were incubated with …

Transport of copper as affected by titania nanoparticles in soil columns

J Fang, X Shan, B Wen, J Lin, G Owens, S Zhou - Environmental pollution, 2011 - Elsevier
The effects of TiO2 nanoparticles on the transport of Cu through four different soil columns
were studied. For two soils (HB and DX), TiO2 nanoparticles acted as a Cu carrier and …

Experimental investigation of stability and transport of TiO2 nanoparticles in real soil columns

S Khan, H Şengül - Desalination and Water Treatment, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to explore the stability of TiO2 nanoparticles in soil suspensions and their
transport behavior through real soil columns. A classical filtration theory was used to …