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Ángel Faz Cano is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Cartagena in Spain and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research explores several subfields including Pollution, Geophysics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics such as Heavy metals in the environment, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods, Mine drainage and remediation techniques, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Phosphorus and nutrient management.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ángel Faz Cano include José A. Acosta, Silvia Martínez-Martínez, Raúl Zornoza, María Gabarrón, and María Dolores Gómez-López. These collaborations contribute to a consistent research output across various topics within environmental science.

Their research findings have been published in a number of journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Agronomy
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Minerals
  • Plants
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering

Notable recent papers authored by Ángel Faz Cano cover diverse areas of environmental study:

  • Phytoremediation Potential of Native Plant Species in Mine Soils Polluted by Metal(loid)s and Rare Earth Elements, 2023, Plants
  • Treatment of WASTEWATER from the Tannery Industry in a Constructed Wetland Planted with Phragmites australis, 2020, Agronomy
  • Distribution of metal(loid)s in particle size fraction in urban soil and street dust: influence of population density, 2020, Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Environmental pollution and depth distribution of metal(loid)s and rare earth elements in mine tailing, 2022, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Assessing the behaviour of heavy metals in abandoned phosphogypsum deposits combining electrical resistivity tomography and multivariate analysis, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management

Best Publications

  • Salinity increases mobility of heavy metals in soils

    J.A. Acosta;B. Jansen;K. Kalbitz;A. Faz

  • Heavy metal accumulation and tolerance in plants from mine tailings of the semiarid Cartagena-La Unión mining district (SE Spain).

    Héctor M. Conesa;Ángel Faz;Raquel Arnaldos

  • Stability, nutrient availability and hydrophobicity of biochars derived from manure, crop residues, and municipal solid waste for their use as soil amendments.

    R. Zornoza;F. Moreno-Barriga;J.A. Acosta;M.A. Muñoz

  • Identification of sensitive indicators to assess the interrelationship between soil quality, management practices and human health

    R. Zornoza;J. A. Acosta;F. Bastida;S. G. Domínguez

  • Multivariate statistical and GIS-based approach to evaluate heavy metals behavior in mine sites for future reclamation

    J.A. Acosta;J.A. Acosta;A. Faz;S. Martínez-Martínez;R. Zornoza

  • The impact of intercropping, tillage and fertilizer type on soil and crop yield in fruit orchards under Mediterranean conditions: A meta-analysis of field studies

    Alicia Morugán-Coronado;Carlos Linares;María Dolores Gómez-López;Ángel Faz

  • Initial studies for the phytostabilization of a mine tailing from the Cartagena-La Union Mining District (SE Spain).

    Héctor M. Conesa;Ángel Faz;Raquel Arnaldos

  • Accumulations of major and trace elements in particle size fractions of soils on eight different parent materials

    J.A. Acosta;J.A. Acosta;S. Martínez-Martínez;A. Faz;J. Arocena

  • Environmental impact assessment of industrial activities on heavy metals distribution in street dust and soil.

    Hossein Khademi;María Gabarrón;Ali Abbaspour;Silvia Martínez-Martínez

  • Influence of population density on the concentration and speciation of metals in the soil and street dust from urban areas.

    J.A. Acosta;M. Gabarrón;A. Faz;S. Martínez-Martínez

  • Heavy metal concentrations in particle size fractions from street dust of Murcia (Spain) as the basis for risk assessment

    Jose A. Acosta;Ángel Faz;Karsten Kalbitz;Boris Jansen

  • Dynamics of metal tolerant plant communities' development in mine tailings from the Cartagena-La Unión Mining District (SE Spain) and their interest for further revegetation purposes.

    Héctor M. Conesa;Gregorio García;Ángel Faz;Raquel Arnaldos

  • Performance of Piptatherum miliaceum (Smilo grass) in edaphic Pb and Zn phytoremediation over a short growth period

    G. Garcı́a;Á. Faz;M. Cunha

  • Identification of heavy metal sources by multivariable analysis in a typical Mediterranean city (SE Spain)

    Jose A. Acosta;Angel Faz;Silvia Martinez-Martinez

  • Enrichment of metals in soils subjected to different land uses in a typical Mediterranean environment (Murcia City, southeast Spain)

    J.A. Acosta;J.A. Acosta;A. Faz;S. Martínez-Martínez;J.M. Arocena

  • Assessment of salinity status in intensively cultivated soils under semiarid climate, Murcia, SE Spain

    J.A. Acosta;J.A. Acosta;A. Faz;B. Jansen;K. Kalbitz

  • Evaluation of the phytoremediation potential of native plants growing on a copper mine tailing in northern Chile

    Elizabeth J. Lam;Manuel Cánovas;María E. Gálvez;Ítalo L. Montofré

  • Effect of marble waste and pig slurry on the growth of native vegetation and heavy metal mobility in a mine tailing pond

    S. Kabas;A. Faz;J.A. Acosta;R. Zornoza

  • Partitioning of heavy metals over different chemical fraction in street dust of Murcia (Spain) as a basis for risk assessment

    J.A. Acosta;A. Faz;K. Kalbitz;B. Jansen

  • Microbial growth and community structure in acid mine soils after addition of different amendments for soil reclamation

    R. Zornoza;J.A. Acosta;A. Faz;E. Bååth

Frequent Co-Authors

Raúl Zornoza
Raúl Zornoza Polytechnic University of Cartagena
Joselito M. Arocena
Joselito M. Arocena University of Northern British Columbia
A. R. Mermut
A. R. Mermut University of Saskatchewan
Erland Bååth
Erland Bååth Lund University
Hossein Khademi
Hossein Khademi Isfahan University of Technology
Felipe Bastida
Felipe Bastida Spanish National Research Council
José A. Pascual
José A. Pascual Spanish National Research Council
Margarita Ros
Margarita Ros Spanish National Research Council
Rattan Lal
Rattan Lal The Ohio State University

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