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Mats E. Åström

Mats E. Åström

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
5512
World Ranking
7506
National Ranking
145

Overview

Mats E. Åström is affiliated with Linnaeus University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant number of publications in these areas.

The scientist's work spans various subfields including environmental chemistry, pollution, geochemistry and petrology, artificial intelligence, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their research covers several key topics such as mine drainage and remediation techniques, heavy metals in the environment, geochemistry and geologic mapping, geochemistry and elemental analysis, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, metal extraction and bioleaching, and groundwater flow and contamination studies.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Changxun Yu
  • Mark Dopson
  • Anders Johnson
  • Peter Österholm
  • Alexandra Nyman

Their research has been published recurrently in several scientific venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • European Journal of Soil Science
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive

Among their recent papers are:

  • Biogeochemical cycling of iron (hydr-)oxides and its impact on organic carbon turnover in coastal wetlands: A global synthesis and perspective, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Environmental risks of metals mobilised from acid sulphate soils in Finland: a literature review, 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • In situ Rb-Sr dating of slickenfibres in deep crystalline basement faults, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Estimation of leakage of chemical elements from boreal acid sulphate soils, 2024, Publications (Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design)
  • Reconstructing craton-scale tectonic events via in situ Rb-Sr geochronology of poly-phased vein mineralization, 2021, Terra Nova

Best Publications

  • Comparison of the Metal Content in Acid Sulfate Soil Runoff and Industrial Effluents in Finland

    Robert Sundström;Mats Aström;Peter Österholm

  • Impact of isostatic land uplift and artificial drainage on oxidation of brackish-water sediments rich in metastable iron sulfide

    Anton Boman;Sören Fröjdö;Krister Backlund;Mats E. Åström

  • Abundance and fractionation patterns of rare earth elements in streams affected by acid sulphate soils

    Mats Åström

  • Impact of acid sulfate soils on stream water geochemistry in western Finland

    Mats Åström;Alf Björklund

  • Sulfur dynamics in boreal acid sulfate soils rich in metastable iron sulfide—The role of artificial drainage

    Anton Boman;Mats Åström;Sören Fröjdö

  • Microbial metagenomes from three aquifers in the Fennoscandian shield terrestrial deep biosphere reveal metabolic partitioning among populations

    Xiaofen Wu;Karin Holmfeldt;Valerie Hubalek;Daniel Lundin

  • Urban geochemistry: a multimedia and multielement survey of a small town in northern Europe.

    Pasi Peltola;Mats Åström

  • Anaerobic consortia of fungi and sulfate reducing bacteria in deep granite fractures

    Henrik Drake;Magnus Ivarsson;Stefan Bengtson;Christine Heim

  • Geochemistry and acidity of sulphide-bearing postglacial sediments of western Finland

    Mats Åström;Alf Björklund

  • Partitioning of transition metals in oxidised and reduced zones of sulphide-bearing fine-grained sediments

    Mats Åström

  • Environmental risks of metals mobilised from acid sulphate soils in Finland: a literature review

    Rasmus M. Fältmarsch;Mats E. Åström;Kari-Matti Vuori

  • Extreme 13 C depletion of carbonates formed during oxidation of biogenic methane in fractured granite

    Henrik Drake;Mats E. Åström;Christine Heim;Curt Broman

  • Metal pollution of estuarine sediments caused by leaching of acid sulphate soils

    Linda Nordmyr;Mats Åström;Pasi Peltola

  • Spatial trends and losses of major and trace elements in agricultural acid sulphate soils distributed in the artificially drained Rintala area, W. Finland

    Peter Österholm;Mats Åström

  • Biogeochemical cycling of iron (hydr-)oxides and its impact on organic carbon turnover in coastal wetlands: A global synthesis and perspective

    Changxun Yu;Shurong Xie;Shurong Xie;Zhaoliang Song;Shaopan Xia

  • Discharge of weathering products from acid sulfate soils after a rainfall event, Tweed River, eastern Australia

    Bennett MacDonald;Ian White;Mats Astrom;Annabelle Keene

  • Quantification of current and future leaching of sulfur and metals from Boreal acid sulfate soils, western Finland

    Peter Österholm;Mats Åström

  • Abundance, Sources and Speciation of Trace Elements in Humus-Rich Streams Affected by Acid Sulphate Soils

    Mats Åström;Nina Corin

  • Estuarine behaviour of metal loads leached from coastal lowland acid sulphate soils.

    Linda Nordmyr;Peter Österholm;Mats Åström

  • Geochemistry of stream water in a catchment in Finland affected by sulphidic fine sediments

    Mats Åström;Jan Åström

  • Comparison of the behaviour of rare earth elements in surface waters, overburden groundwaters and bedrock groundwaters in two granitoidic settings, Eastern Sweden

    Pernilla Ronnback;Mats Astrom;Jon Petter Gustafsson

  • Sulfur dynamics in boreal acid sulfate soils rich in metastable iron sulfide

    Anton Boman;Mats Åström;Sören Fr

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Whitehouse
Martin J. Whitehouse Swedish Museum of Natural History
Jon Petter Gustafsson
Jon Petter Gustafsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jerker Jarsjö
Jerker Jarsjö Stockholm University
Eva-Lena Tullborg
Eva-Lena Tullborg University of Gothenburg
Stefan Bertilsson
Stefan Bertilsson Swedish Research Council
Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Georgia Destouni
Georgia Destouni Stockholm University
Nick M.W. Roberts
Nick M.W. Roberts British Geological Survey
Zhaoliang Song
Zhaoliang Song Tianjin University
Dan Berggren Kleja
Dan Berggren Kleja Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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