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Mineralogical, compositional and isotope characterization of human kidney stones (urolithiasis) in a Sri Lankan population
In order to understand the processes of stone formation, compositional, spectroscopic, mineralogical and crystallographic characteristics of human...
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Strontium in the Ecosystem: Transfer in Plants via Root System
Although Strontium (Sr) is a natural and commonly occurring alkaline earth metal, various anthropogenic activities including nuclear weapons...
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90Sr and stable element levels in bones of brown bears: long-term trends in bear populations from Croatia and Poland
The aim of this study was to investigate the temporal trends and geographical differences in 90 Sr and stable element (Ba, Ca, Mn, Sr, Pb, Zn) levels...
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Environmental Forensic Tools for Water Resources
Environmental[aut]Brčeski, Ilija forensics[aut]Vaseashta, Ashok consistsForensics of a set of defensible scientific methods to address histories and...
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Microbial Ecological Function in Migration of Radionuclides in Groundwater
This chapter shows findings obtained from a microbial ecological study carried out on groundwater contaminated with radionuclides and nitrate in the...
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Distribution of Strontium in Soil: Interception, Weathering, Speciation, and Translocation to Plants
90Sr is characterized by rather high mobility in soils, and therefore it is included actively into migration pathways. The migration rate of...
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Fracking and Water
Water issues related to fracking fall into two categories: water supply and water quality. Large, staged fracks can require millions of gallons of...
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Tracking the early signals of crude oil in seawater and plankton after a major oil spill in the Red Sea
Understanding the immediate impacts of oil spills is essential to recognizing their long-term consequences on the marine environment. In this study,...
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Phyto- & Microbial- Remediation of Radioactive Waste
With the global incline toward nuclear power and mining, there has been an evident increase in the concentration of radionuclides as an environmental...
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Occurrence and behavior of uranium and thorium series radionuclides in the Permian shale hydraulic fracturing wastes
Over the last decade, there has been a rapid growth in the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to recover unconventional oil and gas in the...
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Active hydrothermal vents in the Woodlark Basin may act as dispersing centres for hydrothermal fauna
Here we report the discovery of a high-temperature hydrothermal vent field on the Woodlark Ridge, using ship-borne multibeam echosounding and...
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Pollution and Health Risk Evaluations from Gross Radioactivity in Drinking Waters in Reyhanlı District, Hatay
The natural gross radioactivity concentrations in drinking water collected from the Reyhanlı District, Hatay, were measured. The gross alpha/beta...
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Fusion breeding as an approach to sustainable energy
This article examines an approach for sustainable energy called fusion breeding. This is the use of 14 meV fusion neutrons to breed fuel for thermal...
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Radiation Pollutants
Our food and water contain traces of radioactive substances, as do the fossil fuels we use as a source of energy. We are also increasingly exposed to...
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Strontium Isotopes in Biological Material: A Key Tool for the Geographic Traceability of Foods and Humans Beings
This chapter discusses the application in geology of the isotope ratio 87Sr/86Sr, where 87Sr is the long-lived radiogenic daughter of 87Rb...
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Spatial distribution of pesticides, organochlorine compounds, PBDEs, and metals in surface marine sediments from Cartagena Bay, Colombia
Cartagena Bay is an estuarine system located in the Caribbean Sea (Colombia, South America), that receives fresh water from Canal del Dique , which is...
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Biosorption of strontium ions from simulated high-level liquid waste by living Saccharomyces cerevisiae
In this study, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ( S. cerevisiae) was modified by γ-ray. The RNA-seq results reflect that the high γ-ray energies could...
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Chemical and Carbon Isotopic Characterization of a Karst-Dominated Urbanized Watershed: Case of the Upper San Antonio River
Urbanization and agriculture are two key factors that place demands on water resources and serve as sources of anthropogenic pollution into inland...
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Closure of the Proterozoic Mozambique Ocean was instigated by a late Tonian plate reorganization event
Plate reorganization events involve fundamental changes in lithospheric plate-motions and can influence the lithosphere-mantle system as well as both...
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Aquatic insect accumulation of uranium at spring outflows in the Grand Canyon region as influenced by aqueous and sediment geochemistry and biological factors: implications for monitoring
Potential adverse ecological effects of expanded uranium (U) mining within the Grand Canyon region motivated studies to better understand U exposure...
