The Isotope Geochemistry of Environmental Contaminants: Analytical Techniques and Historical Records
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and One Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 June 2024 | Viewed by 75
Special Issue Editors
Interests: isotope geochemistry; environment; pollution; air; soil; water
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental contaminants, in all reservoirs and in all forms, have been proven to affect the Earth’s climate and ecosystems, as well as human health. During the last few decades, substantial research has thus been carried to chemically characterize the nature and levels of these contaminants, as well as to better understand their formation or degradation processes. Isotope geochemistry has demonstrated its added value, when combined with other classical chemical approaches, for both identifying the sources and characterizing the processes that control the budget of various environmental contaminants. The isotope approaches are based on the fact that isotope ratios/compositions usually discriminate emission sources of distinct origins and are modified by processes in the environment.
Preserving environmental quality has become a critical challenge for human beings, and this requires a holistic approach that must address new issues and emerging contaminants, as well as embedded multiple exposures. It is also crucial that we understand past and present environmental quality to predict its evolution in the future. Only by fulfilling these objectives will we be able to achieve a comprehensive environmental and human health risk assessment and design tailor-made measurements.
In this Special Issue, we aim to fill gaps in knowledge on the application of isotope geochemistry (including measurements of radioactive and stable isotope ratios of trace elements and organic components) in environmental research by welcoming original contributions on studies developing applications in contaminant characterization, pollution, and environmental changes, as well as modelling or empirical studies aimed at improving our mechanistic understanding of short- and long-term variations in global systems. Submission of inter- and multidisciplinary original research and review papers is also encouraged.
Prof. Dr. David Widory
Dr. Yasser Morera Gomez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- isotope geochemistry
- contaminants
- environment
- secondary processes
- water
- air
- soil
