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IRON and manganese oxyhydroxides are constituents of natural aquatic systems and are thought to play a predominant role in the cycling of toxic trace elements in both marine and fresh-water sediments. Because of their dilution in the sediment matrix (typically 0.1–3.0% dry weight) and because no adequate separation technique was available until now, very little is known about their physico-chemical properties and so progress in the modelling of trace-element partitioning and cycling in aquatic sediments has been limited. We have developed a technique which enables the in situ separation and collection of these key constituents by inserting Teflon sheets into lake sediments. The mineralogical composition and surface-adsorption properties of distinct and relatively pure deposits of natural iron and manganese oxyhydroxides can now be studied with conventional instruments and techniques.
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Belzile, N., Vitre, R. & Tessier, A. In situ collection of diagenetic iron and manganese oxyhydroxides from natural sediments. Nature 340, 376–377 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/340376a0
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