Naturally Occurring Inorganic Nanoparticles: General Assessment and a Global Budget for One of Earth's Last Unexplored Major Geochemical Components

Naturally occurring inorganic nanoparticles: General assessment and a global budget for one of Earth’s last unexplored major geochemical components M.F. HOCHELLA, JR.1*, D. ARUGUETE1,2, B. KIM1 AND A.S. MADDEN3 1Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA (*correspondence: hochella@vt.edu) 2Present address: Geobiology and Low Temperature Geochemistry, Division of Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Rm. 785, Arlington, VA 22230, USA 3School of Geology and Geophysics, Univeristy of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA

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