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- Second edition of the pioneer book on agromining/phytomining around the globe
- Written and edited by the foremost experts in the field of agromingin
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the complete chain of agromining: from soils and hyperaccumulator plants to agronomy and processing of bio-ores
Part of the book series: Mineral Resource Reviews (MIRERE)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Antony van der Ent
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School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Alan J.M. Baker
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Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, Université de Lorraine, INRAE, Nancy, France
Guillaume Echevarria
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Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, Nancy, France
Marie-Odile Simonnot
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Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, Université de Lorraine, INRAE, Nancy, France
Jean Louis Morel
About the editors
Dr Antony van der Ent is an ecophysiologist and biogeochemist whose research focuses on trace elements in soil and plant systems. He has a specific interest in the application of phytotechnologies that utilize hyperaccumulator plants (including agromining and phyto-extraction). He has had the opportunity to study trace element hyperaccumulator plants all around the world in temperate and in tropical regions.
Professor Alan J. M. Baker is an ecophysiologist and evolutionary biologist and is a pioneer in the study of metal uptake, tolerance, and accumulation in plants. In his long research career, he has been at the forefront of the development of phytotechnologies using hyperaccumulator plants for the decontamination and restoration of metal-polluted soils and for phytomining applications.
Professor Guillaume Echevarria is a soil biogeochemist who dedicated 25 years of research to the understanding of the fate of nickel in soil–plant systems globally. He has focused on both thespecific biogeochemistry of nickel in natural ultramafic environments and the agronomy of Ni hyperaccumulator plants in agromining contexts.
Professor Marie-Odile Simonnot is a chemical engineer specialized in separation science with a special interest in environmental issues. She has been working for more than a decade on the valorisation of metals contained in bio-ore derived from hyperaccumulator plant biomass, specifically by using hydrometallurgy. She is also interested in the environmental assessment of processes by life cycle assessment.
Professor Jean Louis Morel is an expert on environmental biology and applications for soil remediation, ecosystem restoration, and agromining. He has a background in soil science with a strong interest in anthropized areas, including mining, industrial, and urban areas. His group developed phytoremediation, especially phytoextraction of metals. He proposed the term “agromining” for the chain of technologies that make up metal farming.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agromining: Farming for Metals
Book Subtitle: Extracting Unconventional Resources Using Plants
Editors: Antony van der Ent, Alan J.M. Baker, Guillaume Echevarria, Marie-Odile Simonnot, Jean Louis Morel
Series Title: Mineral Resource Reviews
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58904-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58903-5Published: 08 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58906-6Published: 09 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-58904-2Published: 07 December 2020
Series ISSN: 2365-0559
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0567
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: IX, 489
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 108 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Natural Resources