Written for students and professionals, this revised textbook surveys the mineral industry from geological, environmental and economic perspectives. Thoroughly updated, the text …
The ammonia industry plays a crucial role in various aspects of human progress and the global economy, particularly in fields such as fertilizers and the production of emerging …
The accumulation of solutes delivered via shallow groundwater and surface water in arid to hyper-arid closed basins, and the complex hydrogeochemical processes associated with …
We systematically investigated the spatial distribution of sulfates, chlorides, and nitrates in Atacama Desert soils in order to identify their relationship to long-term aridity gradients and …
Abstract Natural perchlorate (ClO 4−) is of increasing interest due to its wide-spread occurrence on Earth and Mars, yet little information exists on the relative abundance of ClO …
Abstract The Cordillera de la Costa is located along the coastline of northern Chile, in the hyperarid Atacama Desert area. Chemical and isotopic analyses of several small coastal …
Iodine is an atmospheric trace element emitted from oceans that efficiently destroys ozone (O3). Low O3 in airborne dust layers is frequently observed but poorly understood. We show …
Abstract The Atacama Desert, the driest of its kind on Earth, hosts a number of unique geological and geochemical features that make it unlike any other environment on the …
R Schoenberg, A Merdian, C Holmden… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2016 - Elsevier
The depletion of chromium in Earth's mantle (∼ 2700 ppm) in comparison to chondrites (∼ 4400 ppm) indicates significant incorporation of chromium into the core during our planet's …