Integrative concepts of the biosphere, ecosystem, biogeocenosis and, recently, Earth's
critical zone embrace scientific disciplines that link matter, energy and organisms in a …

Earth's climate may be stabilized over millennia by solubilization of atmospheric carbon
dioxide (CO2) as minerals weather, but the temperature sensitivity of this thermostat is …

Germanium (Ge) is widespread in the Earth's crust. As a cognate element to silicon (Si), Ge
shows very similar chemical characteristics. Recent use of Ge/Si to trace Si cycles and …

The influence of gold mining activities on the water quality in the Mari catchment in Bétaré-
Oya (East Cameroon) was assessed in this study. Sampling was performed within the period …

Although rare earth element (REE) has been widely applied for provenance study and
paleoenvironmental reconstruction, its mobility and fractionation during earth surface …

Granitic weathering profiles display highly diverse morphologies, reflecting the complex
relationships between climate and weathering rates. Some profiles exhibit abrupt transitions …

Ge 在工业和医疗领域具有良好应用前景, 有机锗化合物是一种毒性较低, 具有较强抗癌活性的
物质, 富Ge 土壤具有广阔的开发利用价值, 但目前我国对土壤Ge 的研究程度较低 …

Silicate weathering–initiated by major mineralogical transformations at the base of ten
meters of clay-rich saprolite–generates the exceptionally low weathering flux found in …

The thick regolith developed in the humid tropics represents an endmember of critical zone
evolution, where shallow and deep biogeochemical cycles can be decoupled in terms of the …

Forest ecosystem nutrition and rock weathering are intimately linked through the supply of
mineral nutrients and recycling (re-utilisation of nutrients released from plant litter during …