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Eva-Lena Tullborg

Eva-Lena Tullborg

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Earth Science

D-Index
30
Citations
2657
World Ranking
9172
National Ranking
91

Overview

Eva-Lena Tullborg is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research encompasses multiple aspects of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on interdisciplinary approaches that integrate environmental chemistry, geochemistry, and geophysics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Subfields investigated by Eva-Lena Tullborg cover:

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Geochemistry and Petrology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Geophysics

Their research topics specifically address:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Representative recent publications by Eva-Lena Tullborg demonstrate their focus on groundwater systems, geochemical processes, and environmental impacts:

  • Terrigenous dissolved organic matter persists in the energy-limited deep groundwaters of the Fennoscandian Shield (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • Hydrogeochemical characterisation of the groundwater in the crystalline basement of Forsmark, the selected area for the geological nuclear repositories in Sweden (2023), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • Uranium remobilisation in anoxic deep rock-groundwater system in response to late Quaternary climate changes - Results from Forsmark, Sweden (2021), published in Chemical Geology
  • Deep anoxic aquifers could act as sinks for uranium through microbial-assisted mineral trapping (2023), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • Methodology for Hydrogeochemical Sampling to Characterise Groundwaters in Crystalline Bedrock: Developments Made within the Swedish Radwaste Programme (2020), published in Geofluids

Eva-Lena Tullborg has collaborated frequently with other researchers, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. Notable coauthors include:

  • María José Gimeno Serrano
  • Ann-Chatrin Nilsson
  • Ivan Pidchenko
  • Kristina O. Kvashnina
  • I. Puigdomènech

Their work appears in journals and venues associated with environmental and geochemical sciences, including:

  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Chemical Geology
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

Best Publications

  • Hydrogeochemical conditions and evolution at the Äspö HRL, Sweden

    Marcus Laaksoharju;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Peter Wikberg;Bill Wallin

  • Fission track thermochronology applied to Phanerozoic thermotectonic events in central and southern Sweden

    Charlotte Cederbom;Sven Åke Larson;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Jan-Petter Stiberg

  • Evidence of ancient life at 207 m depth in a granitic aquife

    Karsten Pedersen;Susanne Ekendahl;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Harald Furnes

  • Overview of geological and hydrogeological conditions of the Äspö hard rock laboratory site

    Roy Stanfors;Ingvar Rhén;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Peter Wikberg

  • Hydrogeochemical evaluation and modelling performed within the Swedish site investigation programme

    Marcus Laaksoharju;John Smellie;Eva-Lena Tullborg;María Gimeno

  • Distinguished multiple events of fracture mineralisation related to far-field orogenic effects in Paleoproterozoic crystalline rocks, Simpevarp area, SE Sweden

    Henrik Drake;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Laurence Page

  • Large‐scale Intrusion of shallow water into a vertical fracture zone in crystalline bedrock: Initial hydrochemical perturbation during tunnel construction at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, southeastern Sweden

    Steven Banwart;Erik Gustafsson;Marcus Laaksoharju;Ann-Chatrin Nilsson

  • Detecting the near-surface redox front in crystalline bedrock using fracture mineral distribution, geochemistry and U-series disequilibrium

    Henrik Drake;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Angus B. MacKenzie

  • Episodic fluid migration in the Fennoscandian Shield recorded by stable isotopes, rare earth elements and fluid inclusions in fracture minerals at Forsmark, Sweden

    Björn Sandström;Eva-Lena Tullborg

  • Paleohydrogeological events recorded by stable isotopes, fluid inclusions and trace elements in fracture minerals in crystalline rock, Simpevarp area, SE Sweden

    Henrik Drake;Eva-Lena Tullborg

  • In situ tracer tests to determine retention properties of a block scale fracture network in granitic rock at the Aspö Hard Rock Laboratory, Sweden.

    Peter Andersson;Johan Byegård;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Thomas Doe

  • Porosity in crystalline rocks – A matter of scale

    Eva-Lena Tullborg;Sven Åke Larson

  • Palaeohydrogeology: A methodology based on fracture mineral studies

    Eva-Lena Tullborg;Henrik Drake;Björn Sandström

  • The deformation history of the eastern part of the southwest Swedish gneiss belt

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  • Why Baltic Shield zircons yield late Paleozoic, lower-intercept ages on U-Pb concordia

    Sven Åke Larson;Eva-Lena Tullborg

  • Terrigenous dissolved organic matter persists in the energy-limited deep groundwaters of the Fennoscandian Shield

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  • Brittle tectonothermal evolution in the Forsmark area, central Fennoscandian Shield, recorded by paragenesis, orientation and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of fracture minerals

    Björn Sandström;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Sven Åke Larson;Laurence Page

  • Organic carbon oxidation induced by large-scale shallow water intrusion into a vertical fracture zone at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden)

    Steven Banwart;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Karsten Pedersen;Erik Gustafsson

  • Red-staining of the wall rock and its influence on the reducing capacity around water conducting fractures

    Henrik Drake;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Hans Annersten

  • Variability of sulphur isotope ratios in pyrite and dissolved sulphate in granitoid fractures down to 1km depth - Evidence for widespread activity of sulphur reducing bacteria

    Henrik Drake;Mats E. Åström;Eva-Lena Tullborg;Martin Whitehouse

  • Effect of tunnel excavation on source and mixing of groundwater in a coastal granitoidic fracture network.

    Frédéric A Mathurin;Mats E Åström;Marcus Laaksoharju;Birgitta E Kalinowski

  • Sorbing tracer experiments in a crystalline rock fracture at Äspö (Sweden): 1. Experimental setup and microscale characterization of retention properties

    H. Widestrand;J. Byegard;Vladimir Cvetkovic;E. L. Tullborg

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert Allard
Bert Allard Örebro University
Mats E. Åström
Mats E. Åström Linnaeus University
Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
Steven A. Banwart
Steven A. Banwart University of Leeds
Vladimir Cvetkovic
Vladimir Cvetkovic Royal Institute of Technology
Karsten Pedersen
Karsten Pedersen University of Gothenburg
Jordi Garcia-Orellana
Jordi Garcia-Orellana Autonomous University of Barcelona
Don Porcelli
Don Porcelli University of Oxford
Per Andersson
Per Andersson Swedish Defence Research Agency
Angus B. MacKenzie
Angus B. MacKenzie Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre

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