Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in Fluvial Sediments
A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263). This special issue belongs to the section "Geochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 6476
Special Issue Editor
Interests: clastic sedimentology; factors that control sediment composition; climate and weathering transformations; provenance studies; paleogeographic reconstructions; geological mapping
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are preparing a Special Issue for the Journal Geosciences focused on the exogenous factors that influence REEs (Rare Earth Elements) concentrations in fluvial sediments. REEs are a group of elements that has received major attention during the last few decades, namely because of their application in new technologies. In addition, REE patterns are frequently used in tracing the source of sedimentary deposits, especially in fine-grained units, for which other tools for provenance research cannot be adopted. REE concentrations are influenced by several exogenous processes. For example, weathering may not affect all REE in the same way, and the absolute concentration of different elements strongly depends on the sorting process, which rules the abundances of different clay and heavy minerals that host most REEs. It is also recognised that human activities account for the introduction of some REE in the environment. Understanding the processes taking place in the surface continental environments that influence REE concentrations has wide implications for paleogeographic reconstructions, environment studies and economic geology.
Dr. Pedro Dinis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Rare earth elements
- REEs as provenance indicators
- Weathering
- Sorting
- Pollution tracers
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