Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry Section covers various interactions of minerals with their environment and ecosystems. This includes the contact of minerals with atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere in natural and engineered systems leading to mineral formation, alteration and solubilisation. Examples of relevant application areas are natural processes such as weathering, biogeochemical cycling of elements and sedimentation, as well as contamination and related risk analysis. Moreover, engineering applications such as CO2 sequestration, bioleaching, geoengineering, remediation and waste management are also considered.
Keywords
- Acid sulfate soils
- Biogeochemical cycling
- Bioleaching
- Biooxidation
- Bioprecipitation
- Bioreduction
- Biosolubilisation
- Biosorption
- CO2 sequestration
- Desulfurisation
- Geoengineering
- Geopolymers
- Heavy metal
- Isotopes
- Mine drainage
- Minerals in remediation
- Mineral stabilisation
- Mine waste
- Pollution indices
- Precipitation
- Risk assessment
- Soil contamination
- Solubilisation
- Sorption
- Waste disposal
- Weathering
Editorial Board
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Ocean Worlds Mineralogy (Deadline: 15 July 2022)
- Metal Distribution and Mobility in Mine Area (Deadline: 29 July 2022)
- Carbonate Biomineralization, Environmental, and Diagenetic Significance (Deadline: 25 August 2022)
- Metal Solubilization by Microorganisms from a Technological and Environmental Perspective (Deadline: 26 August 2022)
- Environmental Magnetism and Its Implication for Heavy Metal Pollution (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Bio-Geochemistry of Heavy Metals/Metalloids (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Biogeochemistry Process of Acid Mine Drainage and Effects on Materials Alteration (Deadline: 15 September 2022)
- Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Sediments in Aquatic Environments (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Arsenic Pollution: Sources, Modes of Enrichment, Mechanisms of Release, and Mitigation Strategies (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Interface Reaction of Soil Minerals (Deadline: 25 October 2022)
- CO2 Geological Storage: Fluid–Rock Interactions and Geochemical Modeling (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
- Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Suspended Particulate Matters in Rivers (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Mineralogic Analysis of Respirable Dust (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Challenges of Groundwater Quality Degradation in the Past Decades: Clues from Water–Minerals Interaction (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Radionuclides and Radiation Exposure in Mine Sites (Deadline: 11 November 2022)
- Geologic CO2 Sequestration (GCS) and Its Potential Impacts on the Environment (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Soil Mineralogy on Ecosystem Functioning (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Geological and Mineralogical Control on the Environmental Risk of Potentially Toxic Elements in Mine Waste Heaps: A Risk Mitigation Perspective (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Geochemistry, Environmental Impact and Remediation of Mining Areas (Deadline: 15 November 2022)
- Uranium: Geochemistry and Mineralogy (Deadline: 23 November 2022)
- Groundwater Protection Challenges in Mine: Retention of Hazardous Substances with Solidification/Stabilization Implementation (Deadline: 25 November 2022)
- Chemical Composition of Soils and Soil Sediments (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Metallurgical Waste-Modified Materials in Construction Industry (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Fly Ashes: Characterization, Processing and Utilization (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Mobility of Potentially Toxic Elements: Environmental Hazards (Deadline: 10 December 2022)
- Antimony in the Environment: From Natural Sources to Remediation Strategies (Deadline: 16 December 2022)
- Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Environmental Assessment of Air Pollution (Deadline: 23 December 2022)
- Past, Current and Future Processes in the Earth Critical Zone (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Mining and Mineral Processing Waste: Transition Towards a Circular Economy (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Concentration and Distribution of Heavy Metals in Soils, Volume II (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Mineral Carbon Capture and Storage in Igneous Rocks (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Carbon Sequestration in Soils, Mine Spoils and Degraded Mining Areas (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- “Palaeolimnological Archives”: Unpacking Secrets of Ancient Lakes through the Lens of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology (Deadline: 27 January 2023)
- Chemistry and Mineralogy of Industrial Residues (Deadline: 27 January 2023)
- Geochemical Behavior of Heavy Metals in Soils and Waters from Mining Sites (Deadline: 30 January 2023)
- Natural and Artificial Building Stones: Insights from Petrophysical Properties and Consolidation Procedures (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Formation and Evolution of Glauconite. New Scale Approach (Deadline: 17 February 2023)
- Mud Volcanism: Geological, Geochemical and Mineralogical Aspects of Event (Deadline: 15 March 2023)
- Microorganisms and Minerals in Natural and Engineered Environments, Volume II (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Weathering of Mine Wastes: Process, Characterization and Modeling (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
