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Open AccessNearby fault interaction within the double-vergence suture in eastern Taiwan during the 2022 Chihshang earthquake sequence
Nearby faults interact through stress changes induced by fault slip and viscoelastic flow. The process is, however, often elusive and can be geometry-dependent and time-variant. Here, we combine geodetic and f...
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Effect of three Napier grass varieties on phytoextraction of Cd- and Zn-contaminated cultivated soil under mowing and their safe utilization
The use of Napier grass to remediate heavy metal-contaminated soil is a new phytoremediation technique. The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) to ...
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Distribution and availability of fungicide-derived copper in soil aggregates
Soil consists of various sizes of aggregates, and different soil aggregates vary in their abilities to adsorb or transport metals. This study aimed to investigate the distribution behaviors of Cu from differen...
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Cadmium and lead accumulations and agronomic quality of a newly bred pollution-safe cultivar (PSC) of water spinach
Breeding for pollution-safe cultivars (PSCs) can reduce pollutant accumulation in crops. However, the PSC breeding would face the risk of nutritional quality reduction, which is usually ignored in conventional...
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Determination of Synthetic Musks in Sediments of Yellow River Delta Wetland, China
In this study, seven kinds of synthetic musks were characterized in sediment samples of Yellow River Delta wetland, including celestolide, phantolide, traseolide, galaxolide, tonalide, musk xylene, and musk ke...
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Phytoextraction of uranium from contaminated soil by Macleaya cordata before and after application of EDDS and CA
This is the first report on using Macleaya cordata for phytoextraction of uranium from the uranium contaminated soil in the greenhouse. Macleaya M. cordata was found to increase uranium concentration in the soil ...
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Development of Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Organic Pollutants
Nitrobenzene, phenanthrene (PHE), benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), triclosan (TCS), and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) are toxic organic pollutants in water ecosystem. However, there is still rare study on water qu...
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Rare earth elements: a potential proxy for identifying the lacustrine sediment source and soil erosion intensity in karst areas
The geochemistry of rare earth elements (REEs) taken from the sediments of a karst lake was analyzed to track the provenance of the sediments and the history of soil erosion in the Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve (J...
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Screening of Plant Species for Phytoremediation of Uranium, Thorium, Barium, Nickel, Strontium and Lead Contaminated Soils from a Uranium Mill Tailings Repository in South China
The concentrations of uranium, thorium, barium, nickel, strontium and lead in the samples of the tailings and plant species collected from a uranium mill tailings repository in South China were analyzed. Then,...
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Metal Pollution in Huayuan River in Hunan Province in China by Manganese Sulphate Waste Residue
The Huayuan River in Hunan Province in China is subject to ongoing mining activity with Mn extraction. In this study, the level and environmental significance of metals (including Mn, Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Ni and Fe...