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Albert Soler is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and specializes in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research output primarily spans the fields of geochemistry, pollution, environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's main topics of work include groundwater and isotope geochemistry, isotope analysis in ecology, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, groundwater flow and contamination studies, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, geological and geophysical studies worldwide, as well as karst systems and hydrogeology.

Frequent publication venues for Albert Soler's work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Geology
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Soler are:

  • Raúl Carrey
  • Neus Otero
  • Mònica Rosell
  • Clara Torrentó
  • Cristina Domènech

Recent significant papers by Albert Soler include:

  • Combining multi-isotopic and molecular source tracking methods to identify nitrate pollution sources in surface and groundwater, 2020, Water Research
  • Agricultural and urban delivered nitrate pollution input to Mediterranean temporary freshwaters, 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Guidance for the Integrated Use of Hydrological, Geochemical, and Isotopic Tools in Mining Operations, 2020, Mine Water and the Environment
  • Nitrate and nitrite reduction by ferrous iron minerals in polluted groundwater: Isotopic characterization of batch experiments, 2020, Chemical Geology
  • Evaluation of natural background levels of high mountain karst aquifers in complex hydrogeological settings. A Gaussian mixture model approach in the Port del Comte (SE, Pyrenees) case study, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Fertilizer characterization: isotopic data (N, S, O, C, and Sr).

    Laura Vitòria;Neus Otero;and Albert Soler;Àngels Canals

  • Fertiliser characterisation: Major, trace and rare earth elements

    N. Otero;L. Vitòria;A. Soler;A. Canals

  • Denitrification of groundwater with pyrite and Thiobacillus denitrificans

    Clara Torrentó;Jordi Cama;Jordi Urmeneta;Neus Otero

  • Monitoring groundwater nitrate attenuation in a regional system coupling hydrogeology with multi-isotopic methods: The case of Plana de Vic (Osona, Spain)

    N. Otero;N. Otero;C. Torrentó;A. Soler;A. Menció

  • An approach to identify urban groundwater recharge

    Enric Vázquez-Suñé;Jesús Carrera;Isabel Tubau;Isabel Tubau;Xavier Sánchez-Vila

  • Enhanced denitrification in groundwater and sediments from a nitrate-contaminated aquifer after addition of pyrite

    Clara Torrentó;Jordi Urmeneta;Neus Otero;Albert Soler

  • Combining multi-isotopic and molecular source tracking methods to identify nitrate pollution sources in surface and groundwater

    Raúl Carrey;Elisenda Ballesté;Anicet R. Blanch;Francisco Lucena

  • Air Carbon Dioxide Contents in the Vadose Zone of a Mediterranean Karst

    J. Benavente;I. Vadillo;F. Carrasco;A. Soler

  • Inferior Alveolar Nerve Damage Because of Overextended Endodontic Material: A Problem of Sealer Cement Biocompatibility?

    Jaume Escoda-Francoli;Carles Canalda-Sahli;Albert Soler;Rui Figueiredo

  • Relative vs. absolute statistical analysis of compositions: a comparative study of surface waters of a Mediterranean river.

    N. Otero;R. Tolosana-Delgado;A. Soler;V. Pawlowsky-Glahn

  • Controls of δ34S and δ18O in dissolved sulphate: Learning from a detailed survey in the Llobregat River (Spain)

    Neus Otero;Neus Otero;Albert Soler;Àngels Canals

  • Characterizing sources and natural attenuation of nitrate contamination in the Baix Ter aquifer system (NE Spain) using a multi-isotope approach

    Roger Puig;Albert Soler;David Widory;Josep Mas-Pla

  • Environmental isotopes (N, S, C, O, D) to determine natural attenuation processes in nitrate contaminated waters: Example of Osona (NE Spain)

    Laura Vitòria;Albert Soler;Àngels Canals;Neus Otero;Neus Otero

  • Sulphur isotopes as tracers of the influence of potash mining in groundwater salinisation in the Llobregat Basin (NE Spain).

    N Otero;A Soler

  • Nongenomic steroid action: independent targeting of a plasma membrane calcium channel and a tyrosine kinase.

    C. Mendoza;A. Soler;J. Tesarik

  • U-Pb age and lead isotopic characterization of Au-bearing skarn related to the Andorra granite (central Pyrenees, Spain)

    R. L. Romer;A. Soler

  • Groundwater development effects on different scale hydrogeological systems using head, hydrochemical and isotopic data and implications for water resources management: The Selva basin (NE Spain)

    A. Folch;A. Menció;R. Puig;A. Soler

  • Application of stable isotopes (δ34S-SO4, δ18O-SO4, δ15N-NO3, δ18O-NO3) to determine natural background and contamination sources in the Guadalhorce River Basin (southern Spain)

    Begoña Urresti-Estala;Iñaki Vadillo-Pérez;Pablo Jiménez-Gavilán;Albert Soler

  • Agricultural and urban delivered nitrate pollution input to Mediterranean temporary freshwaters

    Irene Paredes;Neus Otero;Albert Soler;Andy J. Green

  • Sediment dewatering and pore fluid migration along thrust faults in a foreland basin inferred from isotopic and elemental geochemical analyses (Eocene southern Pyrenees, Spain)

    Anna Travé;Pierre Labaume;Francesc Calvet;Albert Soler

  • Sulfur and strontium isotope composition of the Llobregat river (NE Spain): Tracers of natural and anthropogenic chemicals in stream waters

    A. Soler;A. Canals;S. L. Goldstein;N. Otero

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramon Aravena
Ramon Aravena University of Waterloo
Daniel Hunkeler
Daniel Hunkeler University of Neuchâtel
Martin Elsner
Martin Elsner Technical University of Munich
Josep Mas-Pla
Josep Mas-Pla Catalan Institute for Water Research
Emilio Custodio
Emilio Custodio Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Carlos Ayora
Carlos Ayora Spanish National Research Council
Jordi Cama
Jordi Cama Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Pierre Labaume
Pierre Labaume Joseph Fourier University
Teresa Vicent
Teresa Vicent Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jordi Corominas
Jordi Corominas Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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