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On February 8, 2009 I wrote a little tidbit for The Geochemical News published by
The Geochemical Society:
Geochemistry for the birds.
Cyanide
Some years ago, I visited the terrain of a former manufactured-gas plant (MGP) in Amsterdam and later acquired
the cyanide concentrations. I also wrote and published a
review article in the newsletter of
The Geochemical Society.
Europium, one of the rare earth elements (REEs)
In 2002, I wrote a brief article europium in euro notes.
Later in England, someone approached me who wanted to sell a large quantity of europium and
I looked into the possible origin of this europium and into other applications in addition to the use
in bank notes. I later wrote another brief article, this one
on recent developments in the applications of europium as well as a
blog post about rare earth elements and their use in for instance green technologies.
European citizens' views of science
A few conclusions from two science surveys conducted by the EU in 2005
summed up.
Fluid inclusions
In 2002, I published an entertaining
review article that focuses on
melt inclusions - in honor of Jacques Touret in the newsletter of The Geochemical Society.
Fungi in the marine environment
Discussion in GCA between me (Angelina Souren),
Bradley Tebo (Scripps) and
James Moffett (WHOI),
regarding the oxidation of cerium, cobalt and manganese in the marine environment. Written in 1996.
Published in 1998.
Gases: Of cows, volcanoes and bioterrorism
In 2004, I wrote a
brief article on new open-path technologies (pdf)
(used to measure gas concentrations) for the newsletter of The Geochemical Society.
I also wrote a related item for the in-house magazine Elements of
engineering company ARCADIS.
Geotraces
In October of 2003, I published a brief article on the
international marine biogeochemistry program "Geotraces" (pdf) for the
newsletter of The Geochemical Society.
Geochemistry
For the 100th issue of the newsletter of
The Geochemical Society, I did a lot of reading and
wrote an article on the history of geochemistry. There is also a
pdf version of this article (opens in new window).
Geoforensic
Take a magnifying glass, put on a checkered hat and pretent your Sherlock Holmes
when you read this page about
geoforensics, and particularly about the use of geochemistry in forensics.
Geotraces
In October of 2003, I published a brief article on the
international marine biogeochemistry program "Geotraces" (pdf) for the
newsletter of The Geochemical Society.
Harmful algal blooms in marine wildlife populations
During her Master's research, Julie Siler wrote a comprehensive review
about harmful algal blooms, also
called red tides (here in condensed form).
Interviews
Luminescence dating
Luminescence dating is also called optical dating
and fairly new to the earth sciences but
not in archeology.
Meteorites
Some years ago, I cooked up a little gem on
a meteorite displaying exsolution in a Swedish museum
Microorganisms
It was around the time when foot and mouth disease was wreaking havoc in the U.K. when I created a page about how
microorganisms can travel all around the globe, but
don't need airplanes to do that. Or: Why acts of nature can be mistaken for acts of biological warfare.
Power of salt
Salt plays a prominent role in new types of power generation. I am talking
about clean and
sustainable ways of harvesting heat and electricity, some already commercialized, some halfway there.
Power of life
Coming up soon!
Probiotics and prebiotics
A few years ago, a publication by the American Society for
Microbiology inspired me write
a few words in Dutch about probiotics and prebiotics
(for lay persons).
Rare earth elements (REEs)
In addition to the above-mentioned pages about the use of europium, there is also a page
about applications of rare earth elements (REEs) as a group.
Sandy coasts
In 2000, I was involved in a field trip to the German barrier island of Norderney, organized for
graduate students at the University of Twente. I launched
several web pages as a follow-up to this field trip,
which still takes place from time to time.
These sandy coast pages also contain the following NOURTEC reports (as pdf files):
Southern Water
Along with a few other customers of Southern Water, I visited their brand-new
wastewater treatment facility at Budd's Farm in Havant on December 11, 2009.
Tidal rivers
In 2000, the University of Twente asked me to carry out a study and incorporate the results in a reader
for M.Sc. students, in LaTeX. The original text was in Dutch and covered the mathematics
and physics of tidal rivers. SmarterScience added ecology, chemistry and biology. See on the right...
This client also needed a new lab exercise involving modeling
with SOBEK: 1-D (Delft, The Netherlands).
Together with René Buijsrogge, I designed, taught and graded this lab
(about five meetings with students). The lab exercise was further fine-tuned after
this first run and is still being used today. The other course materials are also still
being used and I maintain a web page with tidal-river links.
The timbers of the Mary Rose
The Mary Rose was Henry VIII's favorite warship. It sank in 1545 and is now located in the
Historic Dockyard of its hometown Portsmouth. Scientists from all over the world are involved
in its preservation. A synchotron study
was undertaken to look at sulfur accumulation in the ships timbers.
Utrecht and biogeochemistry
I've also got a few pages to read for you,
if you're curious about Philippe Van Capellen and
biogeochemistry at the department of earth sciences in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Vrouwen in de natuurwetenschappen
Er is nog steeds een pagina met wat
gegevens over vrouwen in de natuurwetenschappen in Nederland.
(Page - in Dutch - with data on the participation of
women in the sciences in the Netherlands.)
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