Recent increase of the demand for rare earth elements (REEs), especially dysprosium and
terbium used in the permanent magnet industry is modifying a concept of the REE …

The thick '**ashu loess' in southern China is distributed not only in the Yangtze River valley,
but also and most extensively in the region between the Qinling Mountains and the lower …

Applying geochemical proxies as measure for the weathering intensity of paleosols and
sediments such as loess, the Quaternary scientist is confronted with various element ratios …

Conversion of sewage sludge (SS) into biochar through pyrolysis is an alternative to make
this residue useful for agricultural purposes. Despite advances in interpreting the functions …

Soil texture is an important feature in soil characterization, although its laboratory
determination is costly and time-consuming. As an alternative, this study aimed at predicting …

This is the twenty-first annual review published in JAAS of the application of atomic
spectrometry to the chemical analysis of environmental samples. In the analysis of air, there …

A thorough understanding of major and trace element geochemistry is important in
assessing the impacts of rapid agriculturalization and increased human occupation of the …

Conventional soil chemical analyses are time-consuming and laboratory-based.
Spectroscopic techniques have been introduced to make soil measurements more rapid and …

Concentration quality reference value (QRV) concentrations are calculated based on the
background of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in their natural state, absent from human …

Manganese (Mn) is an essential element in both plants and the human body; however,
traditional methods for monitoring Mn in soil are costly and inefficient. As such, it is …