New Advances, Innovations and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry

Dear Colleagues,

The uniqueness of the Anthropocene lies in the existence of varied multi-elemental quantities and the characteristics of their inter-relationships in human-impacted environments in contrast to untouched, primary nature. We invite researchers from diverse fields related to human-impacted environments, encompassing both natural and social aspects, to contribute their insights to this Special Issue: “New Advances, Innovations and Applications in Environmental Geochemistry”.

We would like to request that the values of the analytes supporting the provided insights are included in Supplementary Materials. Open data will not only promote the development of open science and opportunities for data integration and data fusion, but will also enhance the citation of your publications and the opportunity for further objective research.

Applied geochemistry methods serve as primary tools for observing and studying elemental changes in evolving abiotic and biotic environments, including their impact on humans. Therefore, we anticipate completeness in the descriptions of sampling processes, test preparations, and the methods and devices employed for chemical composition analysis. It is crucial to provide not only reliability estimates obtained through analytical quality assurance procedures but also to specify the calibration modules and the specific SRM(RM) used to generate calibration or recalibration curves.

We welcome comparative manuscripts that present and describe the ambiguity of potential insights derived from different research results for the same environmental object. This comparison could focus on a) various methods of sampling, sample preparation, and chemical composition analysis, or even specific sets of analytes, or b) different approaches to employing mathematical statistical methods. It is essential to indicate the advantages and disadvantages of the alternatives being considered.

The potential topics include the following:

• Environmental geochemistry of the Anthropocene;
• Geochemical markers and tracers of the Anthropocene;
• Anthropogeochemic multi-elemental accumulation in abiotic or biotic bodies and implications;
• Anthropogeochemic inter-elemental impact on biota and health;
• Geochemical and pollution elemental indices;
• Environmental quality assessment and geochemical mapping;
• Development of applied geochemistry methodology for environmental geochemistry;
• Multivariate mathematical statistics and environmental geochemistry;
• Paleoecology and anthropogeochemical impacts on paleoenvironment;
• Applied geochemistry in archaeometry, cultural heritage, and social sciences;
• Geochemical reflections on a warming climate.

Dr. Ricardas Taraskevicius
Dr. Rimantė Zinkutė
Guest Editors

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• environmental geochemistry
• geochemical elemental indices
• pollution elemental indices
• environmental quality assessment
• geochemical mapping
• applied geochemistry methodology
• multivariate mathematical statistics
• applied geochemistry
• geochemical reflections