Editors

Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Michael Watts, PhD, British Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
E-mail: mwatts@bgs.ac.uk


Co-Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Diane Purchase, PhD, RSB, FIEnvSc, FHEA, Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, London, UK
E-mail: D.Purchase@mdx.ac.uk


Editorial Assistant:
Dr. Olivier Humphrey, PhD, British Geological Survey, Nicker Hill, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
E-mail: olih@bgs.ac.uk

Editors-in-Chief Emeritus:
Brian E. Davies, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
Ming H. Wong, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong

Advisory Board:
Prof. Dr. Jaume Bech, PhD, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Robert B. Finkelman, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Ravi Naidu, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Associate Editors:
Ewa Adamiec, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Dr. Segun Michael Adelana, PhD, MWRM, Agriculture Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Tetsuro Agusa, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
Prof. Daniel Alessi, PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Taicheng An, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Vasielios Antoniadis, PhD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Prof. Ariadne Argyraki, PhD,University of Athens, Athens Greece
Prof. Ahmad Zaharin Aris, PhD, MRSC, CEnv, FAPM, FASc, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Dr. Christopher Mulanda Aura, PhD, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
Prof. Ki-tae Baek, PhD, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
Prof. Maurizio Barbieri, PhD, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Sofia Barbosa, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Jayanta K. Biswas, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Dr. Mark Button, PhD, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Dr. Jianlin Chen, PhD, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
Dr. Xun Wen Chen, PhD, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Prof. Dr. Siu Gin Cheung, PhD, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Andrew Cundy, PhD, FGS, FRGS, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Saugata Datta, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Dr. Michael E. Deary, PhD, FRSC, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
Prof. Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, PhD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Dr. Shiming Ding, PhD, Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, CAS, Nanjing, China
Prof. Nour Sh. El-Gendy, PhD, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Prof. Jane Entwistle, PhD, FRGS, FHEA, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
Prof. Guor-Cheng Fang, PhD, Hungkuang University, Taichung, Taiwan
Prof. James Fang Kar-hei, PhD, CBiol, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Mrs. Gillian Gibson, MSc, CEnv, FIEMA, Gibson Consulting and Training, Tarporley, UK
Ricardo H. M. Godoi, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Dr. Periyasamy Gopinathan, PhD, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Government of India, Dhanbad, India
Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, PhD, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Sheng Huang, Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
Prof. Dr. Xia Huo, MD, PhD, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Prof. Andrew S. Hursthouse, PhD, CChem FRSC, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
Dr. Miguel Izquierdo, PhD, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Dr. Efstratios Kelepertzis, PhD, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Prof. Kyoung-Woong Kim, PhD, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Prof. Sang Don Kim, PhD, Gwangju Institute for Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Dr. Vinod Kumar, PhD, Government Degree College, Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Prof. Eilhann E. Kwon, PhD, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Prof. Manuela Lasagna, PhD, Turin University, Torino, Italy
Assoc. Prof. Charles C.C. Lee, PhD, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Dr. Anna Oi Wah Leung, PhD, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Dr. Richard Lord, PhD, Cert Ed (HE), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Hui Li, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Prof. Megh Mallavarapu, PhD, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Dr. Howard W. Mielke, PhD, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
Dr. Tu Binh Minh, PhD, University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Prof. Deok Hyun Moon, PhD, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Ofelia Morton-Bermea, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Prof. Rajamohan Natarajan, PhD, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman
Dr. John S. Neuberger, DrPH, MPH, MBA, BME, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA
Emeritus Prof. Jack Ng, PhD, National Research Centre for Toxicology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Prof. Barry Neil Noller, PhD, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Dr. Luis Novo, PhD, Scotland's Rural College, Edinburgh, UK
Prof. Akinade Shadrach Olatunji, PhD, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Prof. Odipo Osano, PhD, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya
Dr. Aurelie Pelfrene, PhD, ISA-Lille, Lille, France
Prof. Dr. Carmen Perez-Sirvent, PhD, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Dr. Sanja Potgieter-Vermaak, PhD, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Dr. Clay Prater, PhD, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
Dr. Wenhui Qiu, PhD, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Dr. Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha, PhD, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Prof. Dr. Usha Rao, PhD, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Dr. Amélia Paula Marinho Reis, PhD, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Dr. Leslie Robbins, PhD, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
Dr. Kiri Rodgers, PhD, Institute of Biomedical and Environmental Health Research, University of the West of Scotland, Blantyre, UK
Dr. Dibis Sarkar, PhD, PG, FGSA, FSSSA, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
Prof. Dr. T. Subramani, PhD, Anna University, Chennai, India
Dr. Svetlana Sushkova, PhD, DSci, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Dr. Alex G. Stewart, MB ChB, MPH, MFPHMI, North West Health Protection Team, Public Health England, Liverpool, UK
Hongwen Sun, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Prof. Dr. Filip Tack, PhD, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Yuanyuan Tang, South University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Prof. Dr. Sören Thiele-Bruhn, PhD, Trier University, Trier, Germany
Dr. Keith Torrance, PhD, MRes, BSc, FGS, CGeol, FSEGH, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Prof. Paolo Valera, PhD, The University of Cagliari, Caligari, Italy
Yasser Vasseghian, Soongsil University, Seoul, South Korea
Chen Wang, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
Xilong Wang, Peking University, Beijing, China
Xuejun Wang, Peking University, Beijing, China
Prof. Dr. Chih-Huang Weng, PhD, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Prof. Po Keung Wong, PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dr. Songlin Wu, PhD. Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Prof. Dr. Chunxue Yang, PhD, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
Dr. Bin Ye, PhD, South University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Divya Yuvaraj, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
Prof. Gerald Zagury, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Prof. Chaosheng Zhang, PhD, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Dr. Manyun Zhang, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
Dr. Ming Zhang, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China
Dr. Munir H. Zia, PhD, Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd., Islamabad, Pakistan