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Occurrence, behaviour and environmental risk assessment of trace metals in stream sediments from southwestern Burkina Faso, West Africa
In this study, the influence of source area weathering and provenance on the stream sediment geochemistry as well as the environmental impacts of...
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A novel method for forecasting renewable energy consumption structure based on compositional data: evidence from China, the USA, and Canada
Prediction of renewable energy consumption structure (RECS) can provide important guidance for energy development planning and energy structure...
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A new approach to assess the degree of contamination and determine sources and risks related to PTEs in an urban environment: the case study of Santiago (Chile)
In 2017, a geochemical survey was carried out across the Commune of Santiago, a local administrative unit located at the center of the namesake...
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A new hazard assessment workflow to assess soil contamination from large and artisanal scale gold mining
Gold mining activities are undertaken both at large and artisanal scale, often resulting in serious ‘collateral’ environmental issues, including...
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Source patterns and contamination level of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban and rural areas of Southern Italian soils
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of persistent organic pollutants. They have been identified as a type of carcinogenic substance...
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Status, sources and contamination levels of organochlorine pesticide residues in urban and agricultural areas: a preliminary review in central–southern Italian soils
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are synthetic chemicals commonly used in agricultural activities to kill pests and are persistent organic pollutants...
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Advancements in hydrochemistry map**: methods and application to groundwater arsenic and iron concentrations in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
The area east of Varanasi is one of numerous places along the watershed of the Ganges River with groundwater concentrations of arsenic surpassing...
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Reproduction of secondary data in projection pursuit transformation
A challenge when working with multivariate data in a geostatistical context is that the data are rarely Gaussian. Multivariate distributions may...
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Vulnerability models for environmental risk assessment. Application to a nuclear power plant containment building
Environmental risk management consists of making decisions on human activities or construction designs that are affected by the environment and/or...
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Geogenic and agricultural controls on the geochemical composition of European agricultural soils
PurposeConcern about the environmental impact of agriculture caused by intensification is growing as large amounts of nutrients and contaminants are...
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Statistical evaluation of compositional changes in volcanic gas chemistry: a case study
The geochemical analysis of fumarolic gases collected at quiescent and active volcanic systems over time is one of the main tools to understand...
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The additive logistic skew-normal distribution on the simplex
There is a dearth of suitable models with which to adequately model compositional data sets, especially those which exhibit skewness after additive...
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Geometric approach to statistical analysis on the simplex
The geometric interpretation of the expected value and the variance in real Euclidean space is used as a starting point to introduce metric...