Refereed journal articles
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1. Åström M. and Björklund A. (1995). Impact of acid sulphate soils on stream water geochemistry in western Finland. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 55:163-170.
2. Åström M. and Björklund A. (1996). Hydrogeochemistry of a stream draining sulphide-bearing postglacial sediments in Finland. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 89:233-246.
3. Åström M. and Björklund A. (1997). Geochemistry and acidity of sulphide-bearing postglacial sediments of western Finland. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 19:155-164.
4. Åström M and Åström J (1997). Geochemistry of stream water in a catchment in Finland affected by sulphidic fine sediments. Applied Geochemistry, 12: 593-605.
5. Åström M. (1998) Partitioning of transition metals in reduced and oxidised zones of sulphide-bearing fine-grained sediments. Applied Geochemistry 13:697-617.
6. Åström M. (1998) Mobility of Al, P and alkali and alkaline earth metals in acid sulphate soils in Finland. The Science of the Total Environment 215:19-30.
7. Åström M. (1998) Mobility of Al, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni and V in sulphide-bearing fine-grained sediments exposed to atmospheric O2: an experimental study. Environmental Geology 36:219-226.
8. Deng H., Åström M. and Björklund A.(1998) Geochemical and mineralogical properties of sulphide-bearing fine-grained sediments in Finland. Environmental Geology 36:37-44.
9. Åström M. and Nylund K (2000) Impact of historical metal works on the concentration levels of major and trace elements in sediments: a case study in Finland. Applied Geochemistry, 15:07-817.
10. Åström M. and Spiro B (2000) Impact of isostatic uplift and ditching of sulphidic sediments on the hydrochemistry of major and trace elements and sulphur isotope ratios in streams, Western Finland. Environmental Science and Technology, 34:1182-1188.
11. Åström M. and Corin N (2000) Abundance, sources and speciation of trace elements in humus-rich streams affected by acid sulphate soils. Aquatic Geochemistry, 6:367-383.
12. Åström M. (2001) The effect of acid soil leaching on trace element abundance in a medium-sized stream, W.Finland. Applied Geochemistry, 16: 387-396.
13. Åström M. (2001) Abundance and fractionation patterns of rare earth elements in streams affected by acid sulphate soils. Chemical Geology, 175: 249-258.
14. Åström M., Aaltonen E-K. and Koivusaari J. (2001) Impact of ditching in a small forested catchment on concentrations of suspended material, organic carbon, hydrogen ions and metals in stream water. Aquatic Geochemistry, 57: 57-73.
15. Åström M. (2001) Hydrological and soil geochemical controls of the abundance and fractionation patterns of rare earth elements in a periodically acidic Boreal stream. Geochemistry – exploration, environment, analysis, 1: 101-108.
16. Åström M. (2001) Effect of widespread severely acidic soils on spatial features and abundance of trace elements in streams. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 73: 181-191.
17. Åström M. Aaltonen E-K and Koivusaari, J. (2001) Effect of ditching operations on stream-water chemistry in a Boreal forested catchment. Science of the Total Environment, 279:117-129.
18. Peltola P. and Åström M. (2002) Concentrations and leachability of chemical elements in estuarine sulphur-rich sediments, W. Finland. Science of the Total Environment, 284:109-122.
19. Österholm P. and Åström M. (2002) Spatial trends and losses of major and trace elements in agricultural acid sulphate soils distributed in the artificially drained Rintala area, W. Finland. Applied Geochemistry, 17:1209-1218.
20. Åström M. Aaltonen E-K and Koivusaari, J. (2002) Impact of forest ditching on nutrient loadings of a small stream - a paired catchment study in Kronoby, W. Finland. Science of the Total Environment, 297:127-140.
21. Sundström R., Åström M. and Österholm P. (2002) Comparison of the metal content in acid sulphate soil runoff and industrial effluents in Finland. Environmental Science and Technology, 36:4269-4272.
22. Åström M. and Corin N. (2003) Distribution of rare earth elements in anionic, cationic and particulate fractions in Boreal humus-rich streams affected by acid sulphate soils. Water Research, 37:273-280.
23. Åström M. and Deng H. (2003) Assessment of the mobility of trace elements in acidic soils using soil and stream geochemical data. Geochemistry – exploration, environment, analysis, 3: 197-203.
24. Peltola P and Åström M. (2003) Urban geochemistry: a multimedia and multielement survey of a small town in northern Europe. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 25: 397-419.
25. Österholm P. and Åström M. (2004) Quantification of current and future leaching of sulphur and metals from Boreal acid sulphate soils, W. Finland. Australian Journal of Soil Research 42: 547-551.
26. Åström M. Aaltonen E-K and Koivusaari, J. (2005) Changes in leaching patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus after artificial drainage of a boreal forest – a paired catchment study in Lappajärvi, western Finland. Boreal Environment Research 10: 67-78.
27. Roos, M. and Åström, M. (2005) Hydrochemistry of rivers in an acid sulphate soil hotspot area in western Finland. Agricultural and Food Science 14: 24-33.
28. Backlund K., Boman A., Fröjdö S. and Åström M. (2005) An analytical procedure for determination of sulphur species and isotopes in boreal acid sulphate soils and sediments. Agricultural and Food Science 14: 70-82.
29. Bärlund, I., Tattari, S., Yli-Halla, M. and Åström, M. (2005) Measured and simulated effects of sophisticated drainage techniques on groundwater level and runoff hydrochemistry in areas of boreal acid sulphate soils. Agricultural and Food Science 14: 98-111.
30. Österholm P, Åström M, Sundström R. (2005) Assessment of aquatic pollution, remedial measures and juridical obligations of a notorious acid sulphate soil area (Rintala) in W. Finland. Agricultural and Food Science in Finland 14: 44-56.
31. Åstrom, M. and Rönnback, K (2005) Concentration levels and spatial distribution of sulphur and metals in fine-grained sediments in western Finland. Agricultural and Food Science 14: 14-23.
32. Åström, M. and Spiro, B. (2005) Sources of acidity and metals in a stream draining acid sulphate soil, till and peat, western Finland, revealed by a hydrochemical and sulphur isotope study. Agricultural and Food Science 14: 34-43.
33. Åström M., Sundström R., Holmberg M. and Storberg K.-E. (2005) pH of streams in western Finland – a perspective from the Middle Ages into the mid 21st century. Agricultural and Food Science 14: 5-13.
34. Sundström R. and Åström M. (2005) En miljörättslig granskning av dikning förorsakat syra- och metalläckage från finländsk jordbruksmark. Juridiska Föreningens Tidskrift 1: 216-229. (A juridical journal. Title in English: An environmental-juridical evaluation of the leakage of metals and acidic compounds from Finnish agricultural land).
35. Roos M and Åström M. (2005) Seasonal and spatial variations in major and trace elements in a regulated Boreal river (Esse River) affected by acid sulphate soils. River Research and Applications 21: 351-361
36. Peltola P, Ivask A, Åström M, Virta M. (2005) Lead and Cu in contaminated urban soils: extraction with chemical reagents and bioluminescent bacteria and yeast. Science of the Total Environment 350: 194-203.
37. Sundström R. and Åström M. (2006) Characterization of the metal leakage from Finnish agricultural acid sulphate soils in the light of the European Water Framework Directive. Boreal Environment Research 11: 275-281.
38. Nordmyr L, Boman A, Åström M, Österholm P (2006) Estimation of leakage of chemical elements from boreal acid sulphate soils. Boreal Environment Research 11: 261-273.
39. Peltola P and Åström M. (2006) Can boron and boron isotopes be used as a sedimentary marker for fire events? A case study from a historic urban fire event in W. Finland. Applied Geochemistry 21: 941-948.
40. Roos M and Åström M. (2006) Gulf of Bothnia receives high concentrations of potentially toxic metals from acid sulphate soils. Boreal Environment Research 11: 383-388.
41. Fältmarsch R, Peltola P, Åström M, Raitio H. (2007) Abundance, correlations and spatial patterns of nutrients and metals in till, humus, moss and pine needles in a boreal forest, western Finland. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analyses. 7: 57 – 69.
42. Rönnback P. and Åström M. (2007) Hydrochemical patterns of a small lake and a stream in an uplifting area proposed as a repository site for spent nuclear fuel, Forsmark, Sweden. Journal of Hydrology 344: 223-235.
43. Åström M, Österholm P, Bärlund I, Tattari S. (2007) Hydrochemical effects of surface liming, controlled drainage and lime-filter drainage on Boreal acid sulfate soils. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 179, 107-116.
44. Macdonald B.C.T., White, I., Åström, M.E., Keene, A.F., Melville, M.D., Reynolds, J.K. (2007) Discharge of weathering products from acid sulfate soils after a rainfall event, Tweed River, eastern Australia. Applied Geochemistry 22:2695-2701.
45. Nordmyr L, Åström M, Peltola P. (2008) Metal pollution of estuarine sediments caused by leaching of acid sulphate soils. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 76:141-152.
46. Österholm P, Åström M (2008). Meteorological impacts on the water quality in the Pajuluoma acid sulphate soil area, W. Finland. Applied Geochemistry 23: 1594-1606.
47. Åström M, Peltola P, Virtasalo J, Kotilainen A, Salminen. (2008). Niobium in boreal stream waters and brackish-water sediments. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analyses 8: 1-10.
48. Fältmarsch R, Åström M, Vuori K-M (2008). Environmental risks of metals mobilised from acid sulphate soils in Finland: a literature review. Boreal Environment Research 13: 444-456.
49. Boman A, Åström M, Fröjdö S (2008). Sulfur dynamics in boreal acid sulphate soils rich in metastable iron sulphide – The role of artificial drainage. Chemical Geology 255: 68-77.
50. Nordmyr L, Österholm P, Åström M (2008).Estuarine behaviour of metal loads leached from coastal lowland Acid Sulphate soils. Marine Environmental Research 66: 378-393.
51. Rönnback P, Åström M, Gustafsson J-P (2008). Comparison of the behaviour of rare earth elements in surface waters, overburden groundwaters and bedrock groundwaters in two granitoidic settings, Eastern Sweden. Applied Geochemistry 23: 1862-1880.
52. Brun C, Åström M, Peltola P, Johansson M-B (2008). Trends in major and trace elements in decomposing needle litters during a long-term experiment in Swedish forests. Plant and Soil 306: 199-210.
53. Peltola P, Brun C, Åström M (2008). High K/Rb ratios in stream waters – exploring plant litter decay, ground water and bedrock as potential controlling mechanisms. Chemical Geology 257: 92-100.
54. Lavergren U, Åström M, Falk H and Bergbäck B. (2009) Metal dispersion in groundwater in an area with natural and processed black shale – Nationwide perspective and comparison with acid sulfate soils. Applied Geochemistry 24:359-369.
55. Lavergren U, Åström M and Bergbäck, Holmström H. (2009) Mobility of trace elements in black shale assessed by leaching tests and sequential chemical extraction. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 9: 71-79.
56. Åström M, Peltola P, Rönnback P, Lavergren U, Bergbäck B, Tarvainen T, Backman B and Salminen R. (2009). Uranium in surface and ground waters in Boreal Europe. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 9: 51-62.
57. Fältmarsch R, Österholm P, Greger M and Åström M. (2009) Metal concentrations in oats (Avena sativa L.) grown on acid sulphate soils. Agricultural and Food Science 18: 45-56.
58. Augustsson A, Bergbäck B, Åström M. (2009) Trace metals in recharge and discharge ground waters at two sites at the Baltic coast of Sweden. Applied Geochemistry 24:1640-1652.
59. Lindell L, Åström M, Öberg T. (2009) Land-use versus natural controls on soil fertility in the Subandean Amazon, Peru. Science of the Total Environment, in press.
60. Boman A., Fröjdö S., Backlund K. and Åström M. (2009) Impact of isostatic land uplift and artificial drainage on oxidation of brackish-water sediments rich in metastable iron sulfide. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.026.
61. Åström M, Nystrand M, Gustafsson JP, Österholm P, Nordmyr L, Reynolds JK, Peltola P. (2009). Lanthanoid behaviour in an acidic landscape. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.041.