Assessment and Correlation of Trace Metals in Soil, Sediment and Waters

Dear Colleagues,

With the industrial and agricultural revolution, trace metal pollution has become one of the most challenging environmental issues during the past few decades all over the world. Thus, it has become a major concern among the scientific communities paying more attention to environmental behavior and ecological impacts of trace metal pollution in all aspects of the earth. In this Special Issue, we aim to present a collection of experimental, simulative and monitoring studies focusing on the fate and transport of trace metals in different environmental media, including soil, sediment and waters. Particular emphasis is placed on studies investigating the environmental behavior and ecological effects in different environmental media and their correlation and interactions within sediment–water systems and soil–water systems. We invite research and review papers in this Special Issue. The topic interest of this Special Issue include but are not limited to: 

• New methods for determining trace metals in soil, sediment and waters;
• Temporal and spatial distribution in soil, sediment and waters;
• Metal speciation in soil, sediment and waters;
• Bioavailability of trace metals in soil, sediment and waters;
• Ecological risk of trace metals in soil, sediment and waters;
• Environmental behavior and effects of trace metals in soil, sediment and waters;
• Trace metals in sediment-water systems and soil-water systems;
• Source identification of trace metals in soil, sediment and waters;

Prof. Dr. Bo Gao
Prof. Dr. Huacheng Xu
Prof. Dr. Linlin Zhang
Dr. Dongyu Xu
Guest Editors

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