Zinc through the Deccan Traps
March 2016
Postgraduate Nils Suhr has returned from fieldwork in India! Nils went to study chemical weathering on the Deccan Trap basalt and to better understand the loss of essential elements, particularly zinc, during soil formation processes.
In addition, he took samples for Zn isotope measurements from agricultural land. This latter work aims to understand the Zn isotope fractionation in crop systems, which has the potential to combat Zn deficiency in farming intensive regions. This research is important because many adults and children suffer from malnutrition due to Zn deficiency in soils.
Nils would like to thank Dr. Bandana Samant & Dr. Dhananjay Mohabey, as well as the The Postgraduate Department of Geology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University for their great support and help during the field work.
