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Mengqiang Zhu

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Mengqiang Zhu

Associate Professor, Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry, Department of Geology

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Latest Papers

Dual and divergent formation pathways govern the composition and origins of mineral-associated organic carbon

| EarthArXiv
Author(s): Hongfei Liu, Carson Thompson, Chao Liang, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


Microbial transformation and mineral adsorption control chemical evolution of soil organic matter during semi-arid ecosystem development

| Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Author(s): Hai-Ruo Mao, Stephen C. Hart, Derek Peak, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


Iron-Tuned Depth-Dependent P Transformation on Calcium Carbonate Coprecipitates: The Impact of Fe and P Loadings

| Environmental Science & Technology
Author(s): Jin Liu, Junfeng Zhou, Meili Sun, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


Mn(II)-induced phase transformation of Mn(IV) oxide in seawater

| Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Author(s): Peng Yang, Ke Wen, Kevin A. Beyer, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


Manganese oxidation states and availability in forest weathering profiles of contrasting climate

| Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Author(s): Zhuojun Zhang, Peng Yang, Ke Wen, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


The Mobility of Mo during Microbially Mediated Ferrihydrite Phase Transformation

| Environmental Science & Technology
Author(s): Jing Zhang, Mengqiang Zhu, Jonathan R. Lloyd, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


Manganese(III) dominants the mobilization of phosphorus in reducing sediments: Evidence from Aha reservoir, Southwest China

| Science of The Total Environment
Author(s): Quan Chen, Jing-fu Wang, Meng-qiang Zhu, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


Elucidating Phosphate and Cadmium Cosorption Mechanisms on Mineral Surfaces with Direct Spectroscopic and Modeling Evidence

| Environmental Science & Technology
Author(s): Wantong Zhao, Yun Xu, Liting Gu, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


Trivalent manganese in dissolved forms: Occurrence, speciation, reactivity and environmental geochemical impact

| Water Research
Author(s): Xingxing Wang, Matthew R. Jones, Zezhen Pan, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu


Dual role of silt and clay in the formation and accrual of stabilized soil organic carbon

| Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Author(s): Hai-Ruo Mao, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Stephen C. Hart, et. al
UMD Author(s): Mengqiang Zhu