Background The ubiquity of nickel in the environment and its common presence in food and water mean that humans are constantly exposed to nickel. Although nickel is not acutely toxic at low levels, it is a carcinogen and has been linked to cellular oxidative stress [1]. Soils that develop on serpentinite, a metamorphic rock type derived from ultramafic igneous rocks (and the state rock of Calif...

The nature of trace element carriers contained in sewage and combined sewer overflow (CSO) was investigated by TEM-EDX-Electron diffraction and SEM-EDX. During dry weather, chalcophile elements were found to accumulate in sewer sediments as early diagenetic sulfide phases. The sulfurization of some metal alloys was also evidenced. Other heavy metal carriers detected in sewage include metal allo...

quaternary sediments have occupied most of the agricultural and natural resources of urmia region. recognition of physicochemical and mineralogical properties of these soils is essential to optimum and stable use of these lands. in this study, eight soils profiles excavated on quaternary sediments of urmia region were investigated. the results showed that little thickness and evolution of studi...

soil drainage conditions significantly affect the chemical properties of soil, particularly type and the extent of iron oxides. soil magnetic susceptibility (?) has a close relationship with drainage conditions. eight soil profiles, in four regions of fars province, with aquic and non-aquic soil moisture regimes were studied to determine the effect of drainage conditions on ? and on chemical fo...

Determination and recognition of relative distribution of chemical forms of each element and their relationship with physical, chemical and soil clay minerals can help researchers to manage soil fertility better. This research attempted to recognize chemical fractions of zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) in some surface and subsurface soil samples of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province and their relati...

The current study assesses the effect of fibrous clay minerals’ amendments and arbuscular mycorrhiza incubation on heavy metal uptake and translocation in Eucalyptus grandis and Ailanthus altissima plants. For doing so, Eucalyptus and ailanthus trees have been grown in a soil sample, contaminated with heavy metal iron ore mining and collected from southern Iran. The area under study is arid, wi...

Iron oxides are one of the most reactive mineral phases in soils. As a consequence, their transformations can considerably affect dynamics adsorbed elements and associated soil ecosystem services. Understanding Fe soils is therefore key issue for evolution A potentially powerful tool to study Fe-oxides stable isotopes. However, there still important gaps our knowledge isotope fractionations. In...