Geochemistry and Environmental Analytical Chemistry
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 179
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geochemistry examines how elements and compounds are distributed, transformed, and transported across Earth’s reservoirs—rocks, soils, waters, the atmosphere, and the biosphere. It explains water–rock interaction, mineral dissolution and precipitation, redox processes, sorption on mineral surfaces, and the controls on speciation that govern mobility and toxicity. Environmental Analytical Chemistry supplies the quantitative tools that make those processes measurable: rigorous sampling and preservation, method validation and QA/QC, and highly sensitive techniques such as ICP‑MS for trace metals, LC/GC‑MS for organics, and isotope and in‑situ approaches (e.g., DGT) for speciation and bioavailability. Together, the disciplines link process‑based hypotheses to defensible measurements and models (e.g., equilibrium and reactive‑transport), enabling source apportionment, exposure assessment, and evidence‑based remediation. Typical applications include acid mine drainage, arsenic in groundwater, mercury methylation and bioaccumulation, and the monitoring of persistent organofluorines (PFAS). The result is a coherent framework that moves from field observation to prediction and management of environmental quality.
Dr. Emanuel Hernández Núñez
Dr. Julio Enrique Oney-Montalvo
Dr. Rosa Yazmin Us-Camas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- speciation
- reactive transport modeling
- ICP MS and LC/GC MS
- surface complexation
- QA/QC and in situ DGT
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