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Christine V. Putnis

Christine V. Putnis

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Chemistry

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50
Citations
8363
World Ranking
14441
National Ranking
1058

Earth Science

D-Index
50
Citations
8303
World Ranking
3450
National Ranking
240

Overview

Christine V. Putnis is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and specializes in environmental science with a focus on the chemistry and interactions of minerals and water. Their body of research spans topics related to mineral interfaces, soil interactions, crystallization processes, and environmental remediation.

Their recent publications include:

  • Nanoparticles formed during mineral-fluid interactions (2021) Chemical Geology
  • Direct imaging of coupled dissolution-precipitation and growth processes on calcite exposed to chromium-rich fluids (2020) Chemical Geology
  • Dissolution and Precipitation Dynamics at Environmental Mineral Interfaces Imaged by In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy (2020) Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Retention of soil organic matter by occlusion within soil minerals (2022) Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology
  • Oxide- and Silicate-Water Interfaces and Their Roles in Technology and the Environment (2023) Chemical Reviews

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Lijun Wang
  • Wenjun Zhang
  • Jialin Chi
  • Maude Julia
  • François Renard

Christine V. Putnis has published in several scientific venues, predominantly:

  • Chemical Geology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • CrystEngComm
  • Environmental Science Nano

Their main fields of study reflect an emphasis on environmental science, with subfields including:

  • Biomaterials
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

The primary research topics of their work cover:

  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques

Best Publications

  • The mechanism of reequilibration of solids in the presence of a fluid phase

    Andrew Putnis;Christine V. Putnis

  • Coupled dissolution and precipitation at mineral-fluid interfaces

    E. Ruiz-Agudo;C.V. Putnis;A. Putnis

  • The dissolution rates of natural glasses as a function of their composition at pH 4 and 10.6, and temperatures from 25 to 74°C

    Domenik Wolff-Boenisch;Sigurdur R. Gislason;Eric H. Oelkers;Christine V. Putnis

  • The role of magnesium in the crystallization of calcite and aragonite in a porous medium

    Lurdes Fernandez-Diaz;Andrew Putnis;Manuel Prieto;Christine V. Putnis

  • Direct observations of pseudomorphism: compositional and textural evolution at a fluid-solid interface

    Christine V. Putnis;Katsuo Tsukamoto;Yoshihiro Nishimura

  • Direct observation of heavy metal-mineral association from the Clark Fork River Superfund Complex: Implications for metal transport and bioavailability

    Michael F. Hochella;Johnnie N. Moore;Christine V. Putnis;Andrew Putnis

  • Reaction induced fracturing during replacement processes

    Bjørn Jamtveit;Christine V. Putnis;Anders Malthe-Sørenssen

  • The role of background electrolytes on the kinetics and mechanism of calcite dissolution

    E. Ruiz-Agudo;M. Kowacz;Christine Putnis;Andrew Putnis

  • Mechanism of leached layer formation during chemical weathering of silicate minerals

    Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo;Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo;Christine V. Putnis;Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro;Andrew Putnis

  • Hematite in porous red-clouded feldspars: Evidence of large-scale crustal fluid–rock interaction

    Andrew Putnis;Ruth Hinrichs;Ruth Hinrichs;Christine V. Putnis;Ute Golla-Schindler

  • Oxide- and Silicate-Water Interfaces and Their Roles in Technology and the Environment.

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  • Dissolution and carbonation of portlandite [Ca(OH)2] single crystals

    Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo;Krzysztof Kudłacz;Krzysztof Kudłacz;Christine V. Putnis;Andrew Putnis

  • Environmentally important, poorly crystalline Fe/Mn hydrous oxides: Ferrihydrite and a possibly new vernadite-like mineral from the Clark Fork River Superfund Complex

    Michael F. Hochella;Takeshi Kasama;Andrew Putnis;Christine V. Putnis

  • An atomic force microscopy study of calcite dissolution in saline solutions: The role of magnesium ions

    E. Ruiz-Agudo;Christine Putnis;C. Jiménez-López;C. Rodriguez-Navarro

  • The mineral-water interface: Where minerals react with the environment

    Christine V. Putnis;Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo

  • Kinetics of Calcium Phosphate Nucleation and Growth on Calcite: Implications for Predicting the Fate of Dissolved Phosphate Species in Alkaline Soils

    Lijun Wang;Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo;Christine V. Putnis;Martina Menneken

  • The effect of cation:anion ratio in solution on the mechanism of barite growth at constant supersaturation: Role of the desolvation process on the growth kinetics

    M. Kowacz;C.V. Putnis;A. Putnis

  • Direct observations of mineral–fluid reactions using atomic force microscopy: the specific example of calcite

    E. Ruiz-Agudo;E. Ruiz-Agudo;Christine Putnis

  • Direct nanoscale observations of CO2 sequestration during brucite [Mg(OH)2] dissolution

    J. Hövelmann;Christine Putnis;E. Ruiz-Agudo;H. Austrheim

  • An experimental study of the replacement of leucite by analcime

    Christine V. Putnis;Thorsten Geisler;Peter Schmid-Beurmann;Thomas Stephan

  • A mechanism of mineral replacement: Isotope tracing in the model system KCl-KBr-H2O

    Christine V Putnis;Klaus Mezger

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Putnis
Andrew Putnis Curtin University
Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo
Encarnación Ruiz-Agudo University of Granada
François Renard
François Renard University of Oslo
Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro
Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro University of Granada
Thorsten Geisler
Thorsten Geisler University of Bonn
Håkon Austrheim
Håkon Austrheim University of Oslo
Lijun Wang
Lijun Wang Huazhong Agricultural University
Petros G. Koutsoukos
Petros G. Koutsoukos University of Patras
Bjørn Jamtveit
Bjørn Jamtveit University of Oslo
Géraldine Sarret
Géraldine Sarret Grenoble Alpes University

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