“…These observations of natural REE behaviour in the presence of Fe oxyhydroxides complement experimental studies (Bau, 1999;Kawabe et al, 1999;Kawabe, 2000, 2001;Davranche et al, 2004;Quinn et al, 2004Quinn et al, , 2006aQuinn et al, , 2007Quinn et al, 2006b;Verplanck et al, 2004). Further, trivalent Fe can be reduced to its divalent form due to a lowered redox potential, and the subsidiary effect of partial or total dissolution of Fe oxyhydroxides is release of the previously absorbed trace elements into ambient solutions (e.g., Sholkovitz et al, 1992;Davranche et al, 2004;Haley et al, 2004;Nedel et al, 2010;Suarez et al, 2010;Och et al, 2014). As reported by Haley et al (2004), the dissolution of Fe precipitates can produce a The plot model after Bau and Dulski (1996).…”