Laboratory modeling of microbial and chemical clay minerals transformations of upper aquifer soils under intensive technogenic impact

Dear Colleagues!

Another one of our articles was published the other day — "Laboratory modeling of microbial and chemical clay minerals transformations of upper aquifer soils under intensive technogenic impact", which examines the influence of biogenic processes on the composition and transformation of soils in the vadose zone near sludge storage facilities. It is shown that microbially mediated processes cause a structural reorganization of smectite minerals into tobelite-like phases due to partial iron leaching and the saturation of interlayer spaces with ammonium.

The results highlight the need for monitoring of sludge storage facilities and the development of integrated remediation strategies that take into account the chemical and microbiological aspects of pollution.

Bibliographic reference:
Artemiev G., Popova N., Averin A., Boguslavsky A., Morozov I., Zakusina O., Krupskaya V., Safonov A. Laboratory modeling of microbial and chemical clay minerals transformations of upper aquifer soils under intensive technogenic impact. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 277, 2026, 104 845, ISSN 0169−7722