Lanthanides in Soils of Historical Mining Sites in Poland

Abstract

Lanthanides are a series of elements with atomic numbers ranging from 51 to 71 that comprise lanthanum and 14 elements of the 4f-block. They have similar chemical properties, and together with yttrium and scandium constitute the group of rare earth elements (REE). Their increasing use in modern technologies, including the high-tech industry, electronics, and medicine, has stimulated the growing interest of geochemists on their environmental behaviour and potential toxicity [1, 2]. Physiological functions of REE have been relatively poorly recognized, but they all are considered potentially toxic at high concentrations [1, 3-7]. Their environmental reactivity and related bioavailability is usually low [8], but they are prone to complexation with several organic compounds and in a form of complexes they show much higher solubility

The Release of Antimony from Mine Dump Soils in the Presence and Absence of Forest Litter

“…Geological settings and mining history of the five sampling sites were described by Karczewska et al [50]. Generally, mineralization occurs either in serpentinised dolomitic marbles and calc-silicate skarn-type rocks (Złoty Stok) or as vein-type sulphide hydrothermal intrusions (other sites) formed in dislocation zones of various geological structures.…”

“…Location of sampling sites. For a closer description of geological settings and mining history see Karczewska et al [50]. ZS: Złoty Stok; DB: Dębowina; DM: Dziećmorowice; R: Radzimowice; SG: Srebrna Góra.…”

Studies of technogenic soils in Poland: past, present, and future perspectives

“…The changes of selected properties of the initial soils developed on the afforested dump of copper ore mining wastes were also studied by Wójcik and Kowalik (2006). Apart from the above-mentioned studies, also concentrations of lanthanides in soils of historical mining sites in Poland were studied (Karczewska et al, 2019).…”

Assessment of arsenic and toxic metal contamination in soils, pore waters and plants surrounding a historical mine site in Czarnów (SW Poland)

“…Heavy met als and toxic ele ments com monly found in min ing soil in clude lead, cad mium, ar senic, cop per, zinc and mer cury. Nu mer ous stud ies have inves ti gated the ex tent of heavy metal con tam i na tion in post-mining ar eas world wide (e.g., Razo et al, 2004;Yabe et al, 2010;Li et al, 2014;Shaji et al, 2021;Chen et al, 2022) and in Poland ( Karczewska, 2006;So³ek-Podwika et al, 2016;Lewiñska et al, 2021;Szopka et al, 2021;Ka³aska et al, 2022;Swêd et al, 2022;Derkowska et al, 2023). The Czarnów de pos its have been stud ied in terms of both ore ge ol ogy (e.g., Zimnoch, 1983;Mikulski 2007Mikulski , 2010Mochnacka, 2009), en vi ron men tal concerns (e.g., Karczewska et.…”

“…Nu mer ous stud ies have inves ti gated the ex tent of heavy metal con tam i na tion in post-mining ar eas world wide (e.g., Razo et al, 2004;Yabe et al, 2010;Li et al, 2014;Shaji et al, 2021;Chen et al, 2022) and in Poland ( Karczewska, 2006;So³ek-Podwika et al, 2016;Lewiñska et al, 2021;Szopka et al, 2021;Ka³aska et al, 2022;Swêd et al, 2022;Derkowska et al, 2023). The Czarnów de pos its have been stud ied in terms of both ore ge ol ogy (e.g., Zimnoch, 1983;Mikulski 2007Mikulski , 2010Mochnacka, 2009), en vi ron men tal concerns (e.g., Karczewska et. al., 2006;Mickiewicz and Marsza³ek, 2016;Dradrach et al, 2020) and most re cently regard ing the geo phys i cal prospection of ore veins (Mikulski and Ostrowski, 2023).…”