Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean surface. This is what geochemists believed for a long time about the cycle of ...

Guangchen Chu 1, Lin Xiao 2, Zhe Jin 2, Mingyue Lin 1, Maxim G. Blokhin 3, The relationship between trace element concentrations and coal-forming environments in the No. 6 coal seam, Haerwusu Mine, ...

Quantifying Trace Elements This study highlights the Massbox’s capability to detect and accurately quantify major, minor, and trace elements within a single analytical session.

In a new study, archaeologists analyzed iron artifacts spanning more than 400 years of American colonial history using X-ray ...

Trace element distributions from mineral separates in a fuchsite quartzite show that fuchsite contains most of the Th, U, REE, Sc, Co, and Ni and controls the whole-rock REE distributions. Zircon ...

Subduction, a crucial geological process on Earth, may have begun hundreds of millions of years earlier than traditionally ...

We measure trace and minor element element concentrations in biogenic carbonates, including foraminifera, corals, and ostracods, to reconstruct past climates. These and other sample types are welcomed ...

Finishing lambs need to receive the optimum levels of essential trace elements to maximise growth rates, health and vitality – which will determine finishing time and ultimately, profitability.