Triclosan (TCS) is an antimicrobial compound found in many household products used across the world. TCS is not completely removed in wastewater systems, resulting in trace-level concentrations present ubiquitously in surface waters. The direct photodegradation of TCS has been widely studied, with results indicating that TCS breaks down to chlorophenols and dioxins. To date, no studies have specifically

Given their environmental abundances, it has been long hypothesized that geochemical interactions between reactive forms of manganese and nitrogen may play important roles in the cycling of these elements. Indeed, recent studies have begun shedding light on the possible role of soluble, ligand-bound Mn(III) in promoting abiotic transformations under environmentally relevant conditions. Here, using

Studies done on small tropical west-flowing river catchments located in the Western Ghats in southwestern India have suggested very intense chemical weathering rates and associated CO2 consumption. Very less studies are reported from these catchments notwithstanding their importance as potential sinks of atmospheric CO2 at the global scale. A total of 156 samples were collected from a small river catchment

Over the world, the available lithium (Li) resources are reserved mainly in closed-basin brines, with high Li concentration (> 150 mg/L) and low Mg/Li ratio (< 10) being critical for Li extraction using precipitation-based methods. In order to investigate the enrichment of Li over Mg during the formation of Li brine deposits, batch water–rock interacting experiments between igneous rocks and aqueous

Equilibrium-kinetic modeling allows investigating metal behavior in the water–rock-organic matter system with time to evaluate anthropogenic effects on the environment. In the article, the interactions of stagnant mine drainage water of the flooded mine “Arsenic” with ore and gangue minerals were simulated using different organic matter incorporation approaches. If the model is closed to humic substances

The aim of this study was to develop an analytical method to determine free concentrations of Europium (Eu(III)) in natural waters. Europium(III) in solution was detected using cathodic stripping voltammetry after complexation with N-nitroso-N-phenylhydroxylamine (cupferron). Optimization of analytical parameters allowed us to detect nanomolar levels of Eu(III) in solution. Free Eu(III) in solution

Iron(II) concentrations in fresh groundwater in Dutch aquifers range from absent up to 50 mg/l. Evaluation of extensive chemical data sets learned that the maximum logarithmic concentration of iron(II) in aquifers, between ± 6.5 < pH < ± 8, is a linear function of pH, governed by Siderite. It is a broad relation due to oversaturation with respect to Siderite and to variation in alkalinity. Iron(II)

Fe type clay minerals, Fe–montmorillonite, are expected to form in the nuclear waste repositories over a span of few years owing to the interaction of corrosion products from overpack and/or canister with bentonite consisting of montmorillonite (Mt) as the major clay mineral. Therefore, it is important to understand the properties of altered clay minerals, Fe–Mt. In the present study, the sorption

Mountains are among the most sensitive ecosystems to climate change, and one of the most evident signs of climate-related effect is the continuous net loss of ice from the cryosphere. Several studies showed that meltwater from glaciated and perennially frozen areas can profoundly affect alpine aquatic ecosystems. Here, we present the impressive temporal increase in solutes in Lake Leit, a mountain

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Arsenic (As), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn) contents were measured in sediment nodules and associated pore waters obtained from sediment cores collected from a salt marsh on Pólvora Island (southern Brazil). Sediment cores were obtained when brackish water dominated the estuary, at two different environments: an unvegetated mudflat colonized by crabs (Neohelice granulata), and a low intertidal stand

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For reason beyond the control of the authors or the editors, the article titled “Colloidal Organic Matter and Metal(loid)s in Coastal Waters (Gulf of Trieste, Northern Adriatic Sea)” by Katja Klun1 · Ingrid Falnoga2 · Darja Mazej2 · Primož Šket3 · Jadran Faganeli1 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10498-019-09359-6) was published in the regular issue Vol. 25 issue 5-6 instead of this special section, where

Stream carbon fluxes are one of the major components in the global C cycle, yet the discrimination of the various sources of stream carbon remains to a large extent unclear and less is known about the biogeochemical transformations that accompany the transfer of C from soils to streams. Here, we used patterns in stream water and groundwater δ13C values in a small forested tropical headwater catchment

In aquatic systems a reaction between tetrathionate and cyanide results in the formation of thiocyanate. We have studied kinetics of the reactions of tetrathionate with free cyanide and two cyanide complexes, hexacyanoferrate(II) and hexacyanoferrate(III), at the environmentally relevant conditions. For the reaction between tetrathionate and free cyanide, the rate constant and the activation energy

Geomorphological (landform) aspects have long been known to control groundwater conditions in an area. Thus, combining the hydrogeological and geomorphological aspects (lithology, genesis, and morphology) becomes a prospective approach for understanding and delineating the hydrogeochemical processes in an area. The idea is then applied in Kulonprogo, Java, Indonesia, that consists of several landforms

As the second largest carbon pool, soil has a high CO2 content, and it has an important impact on water–rock interactions and the bacterial community structure and diversity in soils. In this paper, three sets of laboratory simulation experiments under six levels of partial pressure CO2 (pCO2) conditions were used to analyze and study the CO2–water–rock interactions and the bacterial community structure

Seagrass systems are integral components of both local and global carbon cycles and can substantially modify seawater biogeochemistry, which has ecological ramifications. However, the influence of seagrass on porewater biogeochemistry has not been fully described, and the exact role of this marine macrophyte and associated microbial communities in the modification of porewater chemistry remains equivocal

Since the seminal work of Milliman and Syvitski (J Geol 100:525–544, 1992), there has been interest in evaluating the significance of small mountainous river (SMRs) systems and their role in the transport of both solutes, and especially sediments, to the world ocean. Although some data exist from portions of the Earth’s mountainous regions, the majority of this work has been focused in the western

Ultra-trace (< 1 ng g−1) rare earth elements and yttrium (REE + Y) and high field strength element (HFSE) geochemistry of freshwater can constrain element sources, aqueous processes in hydrologic catchments, and the signature of dissolved terrestrial fluxes to the oceans. This study details an adapted method capable of quantifying ≥ 38 elements (including all REE + Y, Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf, Mo, W, Th, U)

The octanol–water partition coefficients (Kow) of the aristolochic acids, AA I and AA II, were determined using the traditional shake-flask method as a function of pH and ionic strength. These compounds have been implicated in the etiology of Balkan endemic nephropathy, but evidence of a plausible exposure pathway remains elusive, and research is constrained by the absence of critical physical–chemical

Chemical weathering in the Himalayan river basins is among the highest in the world and has received vast research attention related to past climate change. Many early estimates of chemical weathering are based on a small number of water property data that ignore those spatial and seasonal variations. Therefore, this study analyzed spatial and seasonal variations in chemical weathering in the Mekong

Organic alkalinity is a poorly understood component of total titration alkalinity in aquatic environments. Using a numerical method, the effects of organic acid (HOA) and its conjugate base (OA−) on seawater carbonate chemistry and buffer behaviors, as well as those in a hypothetical estuarine mixing zone, are explored under both closed- and open-system conditions. The simulation results show that

Methane production usually increases from the acidic sphagnum-dominated ombrotrophic peatlands to minerotrophic ones with more neutral pH and higher coverage of vascular plants. Along this ombrotrophic–minerotrophic gradient, pH, microbial communities, and properties of dissolved organic matter in porewater all vary greatly. The hydrographic change resulted from permafrost thaw and projected global

The Marano and Grado Lagoon (northern Adriatic Sea, Italy) is contaminated mainly by mercury (Hg) of mining and industrial origin. This work aims to investigate the sedimentary records of Hg of a tidal flat–saltmarsh (TF–S) system and to understand the role played by tidal fluxes in terms of the transport, accumulation and release of Hg due to the periodic flow of the tide. The complex history of the

This study reports analyses of Ra isotopes in a Mediterranean stream, the Vidourle river, whose upper course drains the granitic and metamorphic basement of the SE part of the French Massif Central (Cévennes) and then flows through the karstified carbonates of Jurassic and Cretaceous ages. In these low-Ra waters (226Ra activities range from 1.5 to 4.9 mBq/L), all four Ra isotopes were successfully

The Florida Everglades has one of the most severe methylmercury (MeHg) contamination issues in the USA, resulting from factors including high rates of atmospheric mercury (Hg) deposition and sulfate inputs from agricultural lands. Sulfate loading stimulates microbial sulfate reduction and production of toxic and bioaccumulative MeHg. Controls on regional Hg emissions have been successful in reducing

The reported partition coefficients of REE with calcite are reviewed and critically discussed. In some of the reported experimental sets, REE concentrations are found to be supersaturated with respect to individual REE2(CO3)3 but never to REE(OH)3. Although the solutions are unsaturated with respect to individual REY carbonates, REY including Y are incorporated in calcite surfaces, where they are overgrown

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) strongly participates in a variety of critical environmental and ecological processes and has a large impact on environmental quality. In this study, ultraviolet–visible absorbance spectroscopy and excitation–emission matrices of fluorescence spectroscopy in combination with parallel factor analysis (EEMs–PARAFAC) were applied to characterize a total of 92 DOM samples

This study presents major element geochemistry, mineral magnetism and textural analysis of lake-bottom sediments collected from the Wular Lake located in the Kashmir Valley (northwest Himalaya). Connected to the Jhelum River, Wular Lake basin occupies ~ 75% watershed area of the valley, covering ~ 10,196 km2, and makes it the major depo-centre for Kashmir Valley. The sediments represent dominant silt

Stream water and associated bottom sediments were sampled within the Lom Basin, and their rare earth element (REE) concentrations have been used to decipher their provenance and environment of deposition. Stream waters in the lower Lom Basin have variable Post Archean Australian Shale-normalized REE concentrations (0.24–4978 ng/l), positive Ce anomalies (Ce/Ce* ranges from 1.08 to 8.03), a general

The Lake Chad Basin (LCB) is one of the main endorheic basins in the world and has undergone large-level and surface variations during the last decades, particularly during the Sahelian dry period in the 1970s and the 1980s. The Chari–Logone River system covers 25% of the LCB but accounts for up to 82% of the Lake Chad water supply. The aim of this study is to investigate the dissolved phase transported

The aim of this research was to investigate the competition between methanogens and sulfate-reducing bacteria in hypersaline environments. Samples of photosynthetic microbial mats, both soft mats (salinities of 55–126 ppt) and gypsum-hosted endoevaporite mats (salinities of 77–320 ppt), were obtained from hypersaline environments in California, USA, Mexico and Chile. Methane production was determined

Reactions between cyanide and compounds, which contain S–S bonds, in aqueous media result in formation of thiocyanate. In this work, we studied the kinetics of reactions of thiosulfate with free cyanide and its complexes under environmental conditions. Rates of reactions between cyanide species and thiosulfate decrease in the following order: CN− > HCN > [Fe(CN)6]3− > [Fe(CN)6]4−. However, at neutral

We have studied iron (Fe)-isotope signals in particles (> 0.22 µm) and the dissolved phase (< 0.22 µm) in two subarctic, boreal rivers, their estuaries and the adjacent sea in northern Sweden. Both rivers, the Råne and the Kalix, are enriched in Fe and organic carbon (up to 29 µmol/L and up to 730 µmol/L, respectively). Observed changes in the particulate and dissolved phase during spring flood in

The nature of groundwater recharge along the mountain front (MF) and riparian zone (RZ) was discerned by multiple tools involving rain/water level relationship, geophysical of subsurface, seasonal hydrochemistry and environmental isotopic signatures. The proposed study has been carried out in Courtallam Hills, the north-western part of Tirunelveli District, South India. The study area is a hilly terrain

Large volumes of seawater were sampled in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea) in order to study the interactions between colloidal organic matter (COM) and metal(loid)s (Me) in coastal waters. COM (> 5 kDa) was isolated by ultrafiltration and characterized using 1H NMR spectroscopy and elemental Corg. and Ntot. analyses. COM in the gulf represents about one quarter of the dissolved organic

Seagrass ecosystems have a potential role in climate change mitigation due to their ability to store high amount of carbon, particularly in the sediment. Studying the factors and mechanisms responsible for this storing capacity is essential to understand seagrass carbon sink function. Therefore, in this study, we identified the sources of organic carbon (Corg) in seagrass sediments and the implication

Sweet Springs Creek, located in the Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains in southeastern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia, USA, contains major fluvial tufa formations at the sites of localized fractures and faults. Sweet Springs Creek receives input from higher-temperature thermal springs of lower pH and higher sulfate concentration that differ significantly in chemical composition

The Manuguru geothermal area, located in the Khammam district of Telangana state, India, is one of the least explored medium-enthalpy geothermal systems in India. In this study, subsurface reservoir temperature was estimated by applying various methodologies such as chemical geothermometry, multicomponent geothermometry and mixing models. Chemical geothermometers provided wide range in temperature

The reduced sulfur species, sulfide, elemental and thiosulfate were considered in the thermal waters of Jiangxi Province for the first time. It is shown that the sulfur speciation content significantly varies and depends on the pH values. The major part of reduced sulfur refers to sulfide species in the nitric thermal waters, to elemental—in the carbon dioxide thermal waters. The presence of both reduced

The Manuguru geothermal area, situated in the Telangana state, is one of the least explored geothermal fields in India. In this study, the chemical characteristics of the groundwater (thermal and non-thermal waters) are investigated to elucidate the source of the solutes dissolved in the water and to determine the approximate residence time of the thermal waters. The major hydrogeochemical processes

Several rivers of Chile from the latitude 30°–38° have been sampled during a stable anticyclonic period (October 2008). Firstly, our aim was to evaluate the dissolved chemical composition (major and trace elements) of poorly known central Chilean rivers. Secondly, we used a co-inertia analysis (see Dolédec and Chessel in Freshw Biol 31:277–294, 1994) to explore the possible relationships between the

Dissolved and solid-phase speciation of Mn and Fe was measured in the porewaters of sediments recovered from three sites in the Greater St. Lawrence Estuary: the Saguenay Fjord, the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary (LSLE) and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL). At all sites and most depths, metal organic ligand complexes (Mn(III)–L and Fe(III)–L) dominated the sedimentary porewater speciation, making up to 100%

The Upper Tigris River Basin is one of the biggest basins in Turkey, where municipal, agricultural and industrial water supplies are highly dependent on groundwater and surface water resources. The interpretation of plots for different major ions indicates that the chemical compositions of the surface/groundwater in the Upper Tigris River Basin are dominated Ca2+, Mg2+, HCO3− and SO42− which have been

Large-scale biochar field trials have been conducted worldwide to test for “carbon negative strategy” in the event of carbon credit and if other subsidies become enacted in the future. Once amended to the soil, biochar engages in complex organo-mineral interactions, fragmentation, transport, and other aging mechanisms exhibiting interactions with treatments including the irrigation and fertilizer application

Watersheds located in semiarid areas such as the eastern Mediterranean are particularly sensitive to the impact of climate change. To gain knowledge on the hydrogeochemical processes occurring in the Nahr Ibrahim watershed, a Critical Zone Observatory in Lebanon, we analyze the isotopic composition of the river water as well as the concentrations of the major ions exported (Ca2+, Mg2+, HCO3−, Na+,

In order to assess the potential risk of metal release from deep-sea sediments in response to pH decrease in seawater, the mobility of elements from ferromanganese (Fe–Mn) nodules and pelagic clays was examined. Two geochemical reference samples (JMn-1 and JMS-2) were reacted with the pH-controlled artificial seawater (ASW) using a CO2-induced pH regulation system. Our experiments demonstrated that

In this study, the release of elements and in particular U from five Austrian orthogneiss and granite samples into a CO2-bearing solution was investigated to describe the initial phase (24 h) of leaching focusing on the impact of ferrous (hydro)oxide formation. Experiments were conducted at ambient temperature by flushing CO2:N2 gas through the reactive solution (pHinitial ~ 4.3) at a liquid:solid

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Manganese oxides, typically similar to δ-MnO2, form in the aquatic environment at near neutral pH via bacterially promoted oxidation of Mn(II) species by O2, as the reaction of [Mn(H2O)6]2+ with O2 alone is not thermodynamically favorable below pH of ~ 9. As manganese oxide species are reduced by the triphenylmethane compound leucoberbelein blue (LBB) to form the colored oxidized form of LBB (λmax = 623 nm)

The salt assemblages precipitated during evaporation of concentrated brine collected from Gasikule Salt Lake (GSL) were studied to better understand the formation of potassium deposits in the Qaidam Basin. The study included isothermal evaporation at 25 °C in the laboratory and solar evaporation in the ponds at GSL field. Brines increased in density and became moderately acidic (pH ≈ 5.30) while major

Organic and inorganic precipitates are both characteristic in the active hypogenic karst area of Buda Thermal Karst in Hungary. As an active system, it is a good natural laboratory to study ongoing precipitation processes. Because of anthropogenic influence and the complexity of spring environments, it is challenging to reveal all the governing factors in the process of precipitation. In situ experiments

Oxygen profiles were measured in the sediments of the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea), an oligotrophic marine system affected by episodic seasonal flash floods and intense aeolian dry deposition. Sediment cores were retrieved from shallow (15–45 m), intermediate (250–561 m) and deep (700 m) water sites of south–north and east–west transects. Dissolved oxygen concentrations were measured simultaneously by using

Fluorescence of the hydrophobic acid fraction (HPOA) of Suwannee River natural organic matter and Tb3+ excitation spectra were measured in tandem using the instantaneous and time-resolved emission modes. The intensity of HPOA fluorescence decreased in the presence of Tb3+, while the intensity of the emission from Tb3+ cations bound by HPOA increased by up to several orders of magnitude due to energy

The examination of past and new chemical–isotopic data (2H/1H–18O/16O, 11B/10B and 87Sr/86Sr ratios) shows the meteoric origin of the Sawa Lake (Muthanna Governorate, Iraq) and its connection with the local aquifers, which feed the lake via the groundwater emerging from its floor through fault systems. The chemical and isotopic evaporation models are traced by geochemical computer codes by using a

For many years, the Dead Sea suffers from an annual inflow deficiency of about one billion cubic meters, flood and baseflow. The water level changes are related to the majority of surface water inflows diverted for irrigation purposes, in addition to intensive loss of water by the high rate of evaporation and industrial water use. This causes the Dead Sea water level to decline about 35 m within the

The rate of non-oxidative galena dissolution in seawater compositions over the pH range of 2–4.5 was determined from batch reactor experiments. The derivative at zero time of a polynomial fit of the Pb concentration versus time data for the first 30 min was used to determine the rate. A plot of RGn (rate of galena dissolution) versus pH for data from six experiments is linear (R2 = 0.96), with a slope

In the original publication of the article, Figs. 3 and 4 were interchanged. Now the correct figures have been provided in this erratum.

Interactions of the microbial mat community with the sedimentary environment were evaluated in two shallow, ephemeral lakes with markedly different hydrochemistry and mineralogy. The characterization of growing and decaying microbial mats by light microscopy observations and fluorescence in situ hybridization was complemented with biogeochemical and mineralogical measurements. The lakes studied were