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Microbial iron cycling illuminates the biological contribution and potential climate drivers of deep-sea rare earth element enrichment

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Microbial iron cycling can enhance the accumulation of rare earth elements and yttrium in host minerals by facilitating their release from iron oxides back into the pore water, according to an integrated geochemical, magnetic, and microscopic analysis.

Source: Communications Earth & Environment

DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-03100-8

Authors: Pengcong Wang, Deng Liu, Peyman Babakhani, Mingyu Zhao, Yangtao Zhu, Jiayi Ma, Ganglan Zhang, Chutong Liu, Jun Cao, Fang Chen, Xiaoqiang Yang, Yinan Deng

Institutions: China Geological Survey, China University of Geosciences, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, University of Manchester, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Sun Yat-sen University

Language: English

Topic: Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Subfield: Geochemistry and Petrology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Clean water and sanitation

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,490

OpenAlex ID: W4417436171

FWCI: 1.007

Cites: 68

Cited by: 2

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