Abstract The Po-Adriatic region offers an excellent case for reconstructing sediment
provenance and transport pathways of a multi-sourced sediment-routing system. Through a …

Prokaryotes in coastal sediments are fundamental players in the ecosystem functioning and
regulate processes relevant in the global biogeochemical cycles. Nevertheless, knowledge …

This review describes advances in the continued expansion of work using the XRF group of
techniques published approximately between April 2013 and March 2014. Specialised …

In the framework of the GEMAS project, 2211 samples of agricultural soil (Ap, 0–20 cm,
regularly ploughed fields), and 2118 samples from land under permanent grass cover (Gr, 0 …

Although the Po river is the most important fluvial system of Northern Italy, the systematic
geochemical and isotopic investigations of its water are rare and were never reported for the …

Abstract The River Po, Italy's most important watercourse (650 km long, 71,000 km 2 surface
area, 1500 m 3/s average discharge), flows into the Adriatic Sea forming a large Delta (180 …

This work evaluates for the first time the effects on the trace element composition of peat
soils affected by natural burning events, a recurrent phenomenon in the reclaimed wetland …

One of the major issues when assessing soil contamination by inorganic substances is
reliable determination of natural metal concentrations. Through integrated sedimentological …

This study investigated whether surface soil organic carbon (SOC) content could be
estimated using hyperspectral data provided by the Italian Space Agency PRISMA satellite …

The study deals with the spatio-temporal distribution of heavy metals in the sediments of
Chagan lake, Northeast China. The pollution history of heavy metals is studied …