Global soil pollution by toxic elements: Current status and future perspectives on the risk assessment and remediation strategies–A review

S Khan, M Naushad, EC Lima, S Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this article is to review and present the state of the arte about the status of toxic
elements (TEs) in soils and assess the potential risk using single and total complex pollution …

Phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated sites: eco-environmental concerns, field studies, sustainability issues, and future prospects

G Saxena, D Purchase, SI Mulla, GD Saratale… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2020 - Springer
Environmental contamination due to heavy metals (HMs) is of serious ecotoxicological
concern worldwide because of their increasing use at industries. Due to non-biodegradable …

[HTML][HTML] Ultramafic geoecosystems as a natural source of Ni, Cr, and Co to the environment: A review

J Kierczak, A Pietranik, A Pędziwiatr - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultramafic soils are in equal parts fascinating and dangerous. Developed on rocks derived
predominately from the Earth's mantle and metamorphosed at the ocean floors, ultramafic …

Nickel accumulation in paddy rice on serpentine soils containing high geogenic nickel contents in Taiwan

ZY Hseu, YJ Lai - Environmental geochemistry and health, 2017 - Springer
We investigated the extractability of nickel (Ni) in serpentine soils collected from rice paddy
fields in eastern Taiwan to evaluate the bioavailability of Ni in the soils as well as for …

Combined use of native and transplanted moss for post-mining characterization of metal (loid) river contamination

F Monaci, S Ancora, N Bianchi, I Bonini, L Paoli… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abandoned mine sites are a cause of great environmental concern, being potential sources
of toxic elements for adjacent aquatic ecosystems with intrinsic difficulties for their …

Micro-edaphic factors affect intra-specific variations in trace element profiles of Noccaea praecox on ultramafic soils

T Mišljenović, K Jakovljević, S Jovanović… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
The aim of this study was to compare trace element profiles of Noccaea praecox (Wulfen) FK
Mey. growing on ultramafic soils in different habitat types and to observe differences in …

Differential elemental stoichiometry of two Mediterranean evergreen woody plants over a geochemically heterogeneous area

F Monaci, S Ancora, L Paoli, S Loppi… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2022 - Elsevier
Leaf nutrient composition and stoichiometry reflect complex interactions of the plant with its
environment and are useful traits to explore ecological processes and relationships. In the …

Heavy metals concentration and availability of different soils in Sabzevar area, NE of Iran

SA Mazhari, RS Attar, F Haghighi - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Soils developed in the Sabzevar ophiolitic area originate from different bedrocks. All
samples display similar physico-chemical properties, but heavy metal concentrations vary …

Total mercury, chromium, nickel and other trace chemical element contents in soils at an old cinnabar mine site (Merník, Slovakia): anthropogenic versus natural …

T Kulikova, E Hiller, Ľ Jurkovič, L Filová… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
The aims of this study were to investigate the occurrence and distribution of total mercury
(Hg) and other trace elements of environmental concern, such as arsenic (As), copper (Cu) …

Is parent material an important factor in soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization?

HA Sagliker, S Cenkseven, N Kizildag, B Kocak… - European Journal of Soil …, 2018 - Elsevier
Conversion of rocks and organic inputs to parent material and soil is a dynamic process
controlled by physical, chemical and biological factors. Soil samples were taken from …