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Trace elements

New insights into the Trans-Saharan gold trade in the Islamic Middle Ages revealed by multi-isotopic (Pb–Fe–Cu) and elemental characterization of Fatimid gold coins

Louise de Palaminy, Sandrine Baron, Franck Poitrasson, Robert Kool, Maryse Blet-Lemarquand, François-Xavier Fauvelle

published 28 Jul 2026

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Horn trace element profiles of managed rhinoceros species and comparisons to matched livers and wild African rhinoceros horns

Terri L. Roth, Sarah L. Rebolloso, Elizabeth M. Donelan, Louisa A. Rispoli, Elizabeth W. Freeman, John P. Buchweitz

published 09 Jul 2026

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Late Antique—Early Byzantine urban transformation in Mid-Northern Anatolia: A multiproxy approach from Pompeiopolis

Melis Uzdurum, Mustafa Nuri Tatbul, Susan Marie Mentzer

published 15 Apr 2026

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Discovery of a Roman Quarry for Pozzolanic aggregates in the Euganean Hills Magmatic District, Northeast Italy: A stepwise archaeometric approach

Simone Dilaria, Luigi Germinario, Claudio Mazzoli, Caterina Previato, Milo K. Pilgrim, Josiah Olah, Jacopo Nava, Jacopo Bonetto, Michele Secco

published 13 Apr 2026

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Potential synergistic effect of polystyrene nanoplastics on cadmium toxicity to Sedum alfredii Hance

Yuenan Li, Hongyan Cheng, Yixiu Wang, Yonghui Lv, Ruiyan Ning, Haibo Zhang, Qing Wang, Na Liu

published 10 Mar 2026

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Comparative evaluation of otolith and fin ray as tools for assessing population differentiation in Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)

Simon Bernatchez, Louis Landry-Massicotte, Yves Paradis, Olivier Morissette, Anne-Lise Fortin, Sabrina Villeneuve, Léon L’Italien, Pascal Sirois

published 02 Mar 2026

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Effect of taxonomy and feeding guilds on waterbirds of the Southern Caspian Sea, Iran

Mohammad Hosein Sinkakarimi, Mehdi Hassanpour

published 26 Feb 2026

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Study of element concentrations in blood serum of patients receiving parenteral nutrition using total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis

Monika Pierzak-Stępień, Aldona Kubala-Kukuś, Dariusz Banaś, Ilona Stabrawa, Jolanta Wudarczyk-Moćko, Karol Szary, Monika Biernacka, Milena Piotrowska, Dariusz Pasieka, Natalia Wojtaś, Andrzej Dąbrowski, Stanisław Głuszek

published 02 Feb 2026

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Petrogenesis and tectonic significance of the Baipu granite porphyry in the Huangtian uranium deposit, northeastern Guangdong, South China

Kun Ruan, Jianyong Wu, Ziqiang Long, Zhuang Min

published 06 Jan 2026

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Investigative health and ecological risk assessment of trace elements in pharmaceutical deposition near Dhaka: An endemic industrial surge of Bangladesh

Sharmin Akter Lisa, Sharmeen Nishat, Md. Kamal Hossain, Lokman Hosen, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Md. Samrat Mohay Menul Islam, M. A. A. Shofi Uddin Sarkar

published 05 Jan 2026

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Determination of the P-T conditions and depths of magma storage zones for two distinct quaternary lava flows in the Southeast of Mount Ağrı (Eastern Anatolia, Turkey)

Gullu Deniz Dogan-Kulahci

published 31 Dec 2025

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Effects of biochar from algae (Sargassum spp.) on the fertility of two chlordecone contaminated West Indies soil

Perrine Stephan, Pierre Leglize, Loïc Garcia, Lucas Charrois, Paméla Hartmeyer, Aude Fauvet, Séverine Piutti

published 30 Dec 2025

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Blood draw site and blood matrix influence mineral assessment

Mikail G. Alejandro, Kathleen Schultz, David W. Killilea

published 08 Dec 2025

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