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Manfred Birke is affiliated with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on the study of pollution and geochemistry.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including pollution, geochemistry and petrology, biomaterials, artificial intelligence, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Key topics of research involve heavy metals in the environment, geochemistry and elemental analysis, clay minerals and soil interactions, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geology and paleoclimatology research, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, and mercury impact and mitigation studies.

Manfred Birke has contributed to a number of research publications, frequently collaborating with coauthors such as Philippe Négrel, Anna Ladenberger, Clemens Reimann, Alecos Demetriades, and Martiya Sadeghi. Their work is published across several scientific journals and venues, including the Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Chemical Geology, Marine Pollution Bulletin, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), and Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Manfred Birke include:

  • GEMAS: Geochemical distribution of Mg in agricultural soil of Europe, 2020, Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • GEMAS: Chemical weathering of silicate parent materials revealed by agricultural soil of Europe, 2023, Chemical Geology
  • Integration of physical, geochemical and biological analyses as a strategy for coastal lagoon biomonitoring, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • GEMAS: Geochemistry of European agricultural and grazing land soil, 2021, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • GEMAS: Boron as a geochemical proxy for weathering of European agricultural soil, 2024, Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Best Publications

  • Geochemical atlas of Europe. Part 2, Interpretation of geochemical maps, additional tables, figures, maps, and related publications

    W. De Vos;T. Tarvainen;R. Salminen;S. Reeder

  • GEMAS: Establishing geochemical background and threshold for 53 chemical elements in European agricultural soil

    Clemens Reimann;Karl Fabian;Manfred Birke;Peter Filzmoser

  • Urban Geochemistry: Investigations in the Berlin Metropolitan Area

    Manfred Birke;Uwe Rauch

  • The concept of compositional data analysis in practice--total major element concentrations in agricultural and grazing land soils of Europe.

    Clemens Reimann;Peter Filzmoser;Karl Fabian;Karel Hron

  • Chemistry of Europe's Agricultural Soils, Part B

    Clemens Reimann;Manfred Birke;Alecos Demetriades;Peter Filzmoser

  • Arsenic distribution in the environment: the effects of scale.

    Clemens Reimann;Jörg Matschullat;Manfred Birke;Reijo Salminen

  • Lead and lead isotopes in agricultural soils of Europe – The continental perspective

    Clemens Reimann;Belinda Flem;Karl Fabian;Manfred Birke

  • Geochemistry of European Bottled Water

    Clemens Reimann;Manfred Birke

  • Antimony in the environment: Lessons from geochemical mapping

    Clemens Reimann;Jörg Matschullat;Manfred Birke;Reijo Salminen

  • CHEMISTRY OF EUROPE’S AGRICULTURAL SOILS – PART A: METHODOLOGY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE GEMAS DATA SET

    C. Reimann;M. Birke;A. Demetriades;P. Filzmoser

  • Bottled drinking water: Water contamination from bottle materials (glass, hard PET, soft PET), the influence of colour and acidification

    Clemens Reimann;Manfred Birke;Peter Filzmoser

  • Bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr in European soils: A baseline for provenancing studies.

    Jurian A. Hoogewerff;Clemens Reimann;Henriette Ueckermann;Henriette Ueckermann;Robert Frei

  • Determination of major and trace elements in European bottled mineral water — Analytical methods

    Manfred Birke;Clemens Reimann;Alecos Demetriades;Uwe Rauch

  • Major and trace elements in German bottled water, their regional distribution, and accordance with national and international standards

    Manfred Birke;Uwe Rauch;Bodo Harazim;Hans Lorenz

  • Major and trace elements in tap water from Italy

    Enrico Dinelli;Annamaria Lima;Stefano Albanese;Manfred Birke

  • Magnetic susceptibility as indicator of environmental pollution of soils in Tallinn

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  • Mercury in European agricultural and grazing land soils

    Rolf Tore Ottesen;Manfred Birke;Tor Erik Finne;Mateja Gosar

  • Distribution of uranium in German bottled and tap water

    Manfred Birke;Uwe Rauch;Hans Lorenz;Robert Kringel

  • GEMAS: Cadmium distribution and its sources in agricultural and grazing land soil of Europe - Original data versus clr-transformed data

    Manfred Birke;Clemens Reimann;Uwe Rauch;Anna Ladenberger

  • Arsenic in agricultural and grazing land soils of Europe

    Timo Tarvainen;Stefano Albanese;Manfred Birke;Michal Poňavič

  • Comparative study between bottled mineral and tap water in Italy

    Enrico Dinelli;Annamaria Lima;Stefano Albanese;Manfred Birke

Frequent Co-Authors

Clemens Reimann
Clemens Reimann Norwegian Geological Survey
Enrico Dinelli
Enrico Dinelli University of Bologna
Philippe Négrel
Philippe Négrel French Geological Survey
Annamaria Lima
Annamaria Lima University of Naples Federico II
B. De Vivo
B. De Vivo Pegaso University
Stefano Albanese
Stefano Albanese University of Naples Federico II
Domenico Cicchella
Domenico Cicchella University of Sannio
Trajče Stafilov
Trajče Stafilov Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
Jason K. Kirby
Jason K. Kirby Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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