Frau Franco

About Frau Franco

Frau Franco, With an exceptional h-index of 21 and a recent h-index of 16 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Università degli Studi di Cagliari, specializes in the field of Environmental Mineralogy and Geochemistry.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Role of manganese, chromium and vanadium in the photoluminescence emission spectrum of grossular var. tsavorite from Tanzania.

Mineralogical characterization of fluorescent grossular garnet var. tsavorite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania

Spatial and compositional effects of intersection zones in the five-element (Ni-Co-As-Bi-Ag) vein system of the Southern Arburèse district (SW Sardinia)

Combining hydrogeochemistry, statistics and explorative mapping to estimate regional threshold values of trace elements in groundwater (Sardinia, Italy)

Progetto CARG-FOGLIO 566 PULA-Rilevamento Parti a Mare

CARTA GEOLOGICA D'ITALIA ALLA SCALA 1.50. 000-FOGLIO 566 PULA-PROGETTO CARG

Water defluoridation methods applied in rural areas over the world

Inducing pH-controlled formation of LDH for removal of divalent metals from circum-neutral drainage from mining wastes

Frau Franco Information

University

Position

Prof. of Mineralogy Dep. of Chemical and Geological Sciences Italy

Citations(all)

1820

Citations(since 2020)

701

Cited By

1402

hIndex(all)

21

hIndex(since 2020)

16

i10Index(all)

41

i10Index(since 2020)

25

Email

University Profile Page

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Frau Franco Skills & Research Interests

Environmental Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Top articles of Frau Franco

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Role of manganese, chromium and vanadium in the photoluminescence emission spectrum of grossular var. tsavorite from Tanzania.

Alfredo Idini

Celestino Angeli

Franco Frau

Roberto Argazzi

2024/3/7

Mineralogical characterization of fluorescent grossular garnet var. tsavorite from Merelani Hills, Tanzania

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Alfredo Idini

Celestino Angeli

Franco Frau

Guido Ennas

Stefano Naitza

...

2023/3

Spatial and compositional effects of intersection zones in the five-element (Ni-Co-As-Bi-Ag) vein system of the Southern Arburèse district (SW Sardinia)

I Scano

ML Deidda

D Fancello

F Frau

M Moroni

...

2022

Combining hydrogeochemistry, statistics and explorative mapping to estimate regional threshold values of trace elements in groundwater (Sardinia, Italy)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Elisabetta Dore

Riccardo Biddau

Mario Lorrai

Paolo Botti

Antonella Buccianti

...

2022/12/1

Progetto CARG-FOGLIO 566 PULA-Rilevamento Parti a Mare

P Cugusi

S Barca

L Lecca

EB Melis

Sandro Demuro

...

2022/10/20

CARTA GEOLOGICA D'ITALIA ALLA SCALA 1.50. 000-FOGLIO 566 PULA-PROGETTO CARG

P Cugusi

S Barca

L Lecca

EB Melis

Sandro Demuro

...

2022/8/31

Water defluoridation methods applied in rural areas over the world

Enos Wamalwa Wambu

Franco Frau

Revocatus Machunda

Lilliane Pasape

Stephen S Barasa

...

2022/6/23

Inducing pH-controlled formation of LDH for removal of divalent metals from circum-neutral drainage from mining wastes

F Frau

A Idini

R Atzori

D Medas

F Podda

...

2022

Regional occurrence of aqueous tungsten and relations with antimony, arsenic and molybdenum concentrations (Sardinia, Italy)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Rosa Cidu

Riccardo Biddau

Franco Frau

Richard B Wanty

Stefano Naitza

2021/10/1

Metal concentrations in rainwater (Sardinia, Western Mediterranean Sea)

R Caboi

A Cristini

Franco Frau

2021/7/28

Mineralogical-geochemical study of the anionic competition effect on the octacalcium phosphate reaction into fluorapatite

Heliyon

Alfredo Idini

Franco Frau

2021/5/1

Application of octacalcium phosphate with an innovative household‐scale defluoridator prototype and behavioral determinants of its adoption in rural communities of the East …

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Alfredo Idini

Franco Frau

Luciano Gutierrez

Elisabetta Dore

Giuseppe Nocella

...

2020/11

A two-step pH control method to remove divalent metals from near-neutral mining and metallurgical waste drainages by inducing the formation of layered double hydroxide

Journal of Environmental Management

Franco Frau

Roberta Atzori

Carla Ardau

Daniela Medas

Francesca Podda

...

2020/10/1

Natural attenuation can lead to environmental resilience in mine environment

Applied geochemistry

Elisabetta Dore

Dario Fancello

Nicola Rigonat

Daniela Medas

Rosa Cidu

...

2020/6/1

Impact of biogeochemical barriers on the fate of zinc (Zn) in the metal-polluted Iglesiente and Arburese mine districts (SW-Sardinia, Italy)

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Elisabetta Dore

Dario Fancello

Nicola Rigonat

Daniela Medas

Rosa Cidu

...

2020/5

Characterization of low-enthalpy geothermal resources and evaluation of potential contaminants

Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali

Franco Frau

Rosa Cidu

Giorgio Ghiglieri

Guglielmo Angelo Caddeo

2020/12

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