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Time-dependent surface reactivity of Cd sorbed on calcite, hydroxylapatite and humic acid (2005)
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Bailey, E. H., Mosselmans, J. F., & Young, S. D. (2005). Time-dependent surface reactivity of Cd sorbed on calcite, hydroxylapatite and humic acid. Mineralogical Magazine, 69(5), 563-575. https://doi.org/10.1180/0026461056950271

Changes in the lability and local environment of Cd sorbed onto calcite, hydroxylapatite and humic acid have been investigated as a function of time (30 min-9 months) using a combination of X-ray adsorption spectroscopy (XAS) and isotopic dilution te... Read More about Time-dependent surface reactivity of Cd sorbed on calcite, hydroxylapatite and humic acid.

Uranyl-citrate speciation in acidic aqueous solutions - An XAS study between 25 and 200 °C (2004)
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Bailey, E. H., Mosselmans, J. F., & Schofield, P. F. (2005). Uranyl-citrate speciation in acidic aqueous solutions - An XAS study between 25 and 200 °C. Chemical Geology, 216(1-2), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.10.011

Speciation of uranium(VI) in citrate (2-hydroxypropane-1,2, 3-tricarboxylic acid) solutions between 25 and 200 °C, at pH values between 0.8 and 3.7 and at citrate/U ratios between 0.5 and 50 has been investigated using U LIII-edge X-ray absorption sp... Read More about Uranyl-citrate speciation in acidic aqueous solutions - An XAS study between 25 and 200 °C.

Uranyl acetate speciation in aqueous solutions-An XAS study between 25°C and 250°C (2004)
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Bailey, E. H., Mosselmans, J. F., & Schofield, P. F. (2004). Uranyl acetate speciation in aqueous solutions-An XAS study between 25°C and 250°C. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68(8), 1711-1722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2003.08.024

Speciation of uranium (VI) in acetate solutions between 25 and 250°C, at pH values between 1.8 and 3.8 and acetate/uranium (Ac/U) ratios of 0.5 to 100 has been investigated using uranium LIII-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy. With increasing pH the... Read More about Uranyl acetate speciation in aqueous solutions-An XAS study between 25°C and 250°C.

Uranium biosorption by the lichen trapelia involuta at a uranium mine (2004)
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Purvis, O. W., Bailey, E. H., McLean, J., Kasama, T., & Williamson, B. J. (2004). Uranium biosorption by the lichen trapelia involuta at a uranium mine. Geomicrobiology Journal, 21(3), 159-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490450490275398

Metal localisation was investigated in the lichenised ascomycete Trapelia involuta growing on a range of uraniferous minerals including metazeunerite [Cu(UO2)2(AsO42·8H2O], metatorbernite [Cu(UO22(PO4)2·8H2O], autunite [Ca(UO2)2(PO42·10H2O] and urani... Read More about Uranium biosorption by the lichen trapelia involuta at a uranium mine.

Predicting arsenic solubility in contaminated soils using isotopic dilution techniques (2002)
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Tye, A. M., Young, S. D., Crout, N. M., Zhang, H., Preston, S., Bailey, E. H., …Kilham, K. (2002). Predicting arsenic solubility in contaminated soils using isotopic dilution techniques. Environmental Science and Technology, 36(5), 982-988. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0101633

An isotopic dilution assay was developed to measure radiolabile As concentration in a diverse range of soils (pH 3.30-7.62; % C = 1.00-6.55). Soils amended with 50 mg of As kg-1 (as Na2HAsO4·7H2O) were incubated for over 800 d in an aerated "microcos... Read More about Predicting arsenic solubility in contaminated soils using isotopic dilution techniques.

A study of uranium speciation in acetate solutions at temperatures from 25 to 250°C (2001)
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Mosselmans, J. F., Bailey, E., & Schofield, P. (2001). A study of uranium speciation in acetate solutions at temperatures from 25 to 250°C. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 8(2), 660-662. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0909049500015922

We report U L3-edge XAS analysis results from a study of the speciation of U(VI) in acetate solutions between 25 and 250°C, at pH's between 1.82 and 2.57 and [acetate]:[U] ratios of 0.5 to 50. At 25°C in excess acetate there are at least two acetate... Read More about A study of uranium speciation in acetate solutions at temperatures from 25 to 250°C.

Hydrothermal sediments associated with a relict back-arc spreading center in the Shikoku Basin, recovered from the Nankai accretionary prism, Japan (1999)
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Alexander, J. L., Pickering, K. T., & Bailey, E. H. (1999). Hydrothermal sediments associated with a relict back-arc spreading center in the Shikoku Basin, recovered from the Nankai accretionary prism, Japan. Island Arc, 8(2), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1738.1999.00237.x

The hemipelagic mudrocks of the Nankai accretionary prism, Japan, contain hydrothermal deposits associated with a relict spreading center in the Shikoku Basin. Initial work on core samples from Ocean Drilling Program site 808 found several samples wi... Read More about Hydrothermal sediments associated with a relict back-arc spreading center in the Shikoku Basin, recovered from the Nankai accretionary prism, Japan.

Bioaccumulation of metals by lichens: Uptake of aqueous uranium by Peltigera membranacea as a function of time and pH (1998)
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Haas, J. R., Bailey, E. H., & William Purvis, O. (1998). Bioaccumulation of metals by lichens: Uptake of aqueous uranium by Peltigera membranacea as a function of time and pH. American Mineralogist, 83(11-12 Part 2), 1494-1502. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-1998-11-1237

Uranium sorption experiments were carried out at ∼25 °C using natural samples of the lichen Peltigera membranacea. Thalli were incubated in solutions containing 100 ppm U for up to 24 h at pH values from 2 to 10. Equilibrium sorption was not observed... Read More about Bioaccumulation of metals by lichens: Uptake of aqueous uranium by Peltigera membranacea as a function of time and pH.

Role for lichen melanins in uranium remediation (1998)
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McLean, J., Purvis, O. W., Williamson, B. J., & Bailey, E. H. (1998). Role for lichen melanins in uranium remediation. Nature, 391(6668), 649-650. https://doi.org/10.1038/35533

Lichens are successful colonizers in extreme terrestrial habitats world-wide, including metalliferous environments1. Their ability to accumulate metals has led to their use in monitoring radionuclide fall-out from Chernobyl and uranium uptake from du... Read More about Role for lichen melanins in uranium remediation.

Uranium and thorium solubilities in subduction zone fluids (1994)
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Bailey, E. H., & Vala Ragnarsdottir, K. (1994). Uranium and thorium solubilities in subduction zone fluids. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 124(1-4), 119-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X%2894%2900071-9

Uranium is enriched in depleted island arc magmas more than would be anticipated, due to the overall enrichment in large ion lithophile elements. To attempt to understand this enrichment calculations were performed to establish concentrations of uran... Read More about Uranium and thorium solubilities in subduction zone fluids.

Determination of uranium and thorium in basalts and uranium in aqueous solution by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (1993)
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Bailey, E. H., Kemp, A. J., & Ragnarsdottir, K. V. (1993). Determination of uranium and thorium in basalts and uranium in aqueous solution by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 8(4), 551-556. https://doi.org/10.1039/ja9930800551

Methods are described for the simultaneous determination of uranium and thorium in basaltic rocks at concentrations from mg kg-1 (ppm) to ?g kg-1 (ppb) levels and for uranium in solution at femtogram levels. The technique for basalts does not require... Read More about Determination of uranium and thorium in basalts and uranium in aqueous solution by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.