Mobility of lead, zinc and cadmium in alluvial soils heavily polluted by smelting industry

Vaněk, Aleš; Borůvka, Luboš; Drábek, Ondřej; Mihaljevič, Martin; Komárek, Michael

doi:10.17221/3592-pse

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“…Mobility of Zn and particularly Pb was low. The results are in accordance with those obtained by Kapusta et al (2011) and Vaněk et al (2005), indicating that Cd is the most mobile of the three metal tested.…”

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Soils from sites of historical metal mining in western Małopolska (S Poland) are strongly contaminated with Zn, Pb and Cd

Stefanowicz

Woch

Kapusta

2013

E3S Web of Conferences

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Abstract. Concentrations of Cd, Pb and Zn in soils developed at 63 sites of historical metal mining in western Małopolska (S Poland) were estimated. Heavy metal concentrations were measured with an atomic absorption spectrometer after wet digestion in hot HClO 4 (total forms), extraction in 0.1 M BaCl 2 (exchangeable forms) or in water (water-soluble forms). Basic soil properties such as texture, C, N, Ca contents and pH were also measured. Total concentrations of Cd in soil varied from 4.4 to 392, Pb from 72.8 to 16931 and Zn from 322 to 41860 mg kg -1 . Exchangeable Cd, Pb and Zn extended from 0 to 19.3 %, from 0 to 0.2 % and from 0 to 3.5 % of the total metal forms, respectively, indicating that Cd is the most mobile and potentially bioavailable metal. In turn, water-soluble metal forms did not exceed 1 % of the total. Our study showed that soils developed at sites of historical metal mining are severely polluted with heavy metals. Old heaps threaten not only the environment, but also local inhabitants, as they are often located in a close proximity to houses or agricultural fields.

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Soils from sites of historical metal mining in western Małopolska (S Poland) are strongly contaminated with Zn, Pb and Cd

Stefanowicz

Woch

Kapusta

2013

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“…Values ranged as follows: 48.7 to 55.3% Cd; 44.7 to 47.9% Zn; 1.4 to 27.6% Pb; 1.9 to 2.8% Cu; and 0.5 to 0.6% As. These MFs are in relatively good agreement with other studies [101,102], with Cd and Zn showing the highest mobility. Low CEC, sandy nature, and high permeability of study soils indicate inherently low sorption capacity for Cd and Zn, and as such high mobility.…”

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Trace Element Concentration and Speciation in Selected Mining-Contaminated Soils and Water in Willow Creek Floodplain, Colorado

Burt

Weber

Park

et al. 2011

Applied and Environmental Soil Science

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Long-term mining activities in the mountains around Creede, Colorado have resulted in significant contamination in soils and water in the Willow Creek floodplain. Total major and trace were determined for soils and water and sequential chemical extraction for soils. Objectives were to determine concentrations and potential reactivity of trace elements and investigate their relationship with other soil and water properties. Water trace elements showed significant variability among sites, ranging from 347 to 12108 µg/L. Relative trend showed (. Soil trace elements showed significant short-range spatial variability, ranging from 2819 to 19274 mg/kg. Relative trend showed (. Predominant fractions were oxide, specifically-sorbed/carbonate bound, and residual. Water soluble and exchangeable fractions showed (Zn ≈ Cd) > Pb and Cd > Zn > Pb, respectively. Mobility factors for highly contaminated soils showed Cd ≈ Zn > Pb > Cu > As.

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“…Generally, the load of sediments and Fluvisols is predominantly connected with anthropogenic factors in the Czech Republic (Podlešáková et al 1994, Vaněk et al 2005. Similar results were presented by Netzband et al (2002) and Zerling et al (2006) in Germany.…”

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The Fluvisol and sediment trace element contamination level as related to their geogenic and anthropogenic source

Vácha¹,

Sáňka²,

Sáňka³

et al. 2013

PLANT SOIL ENVIRON

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The upper values of the extractability of trace elements (As, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) in 2 mol/L HNO 3 and 0.025 mol/L ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) (compared with their pseudototal content in aqua regia) for determination of prevailing anthropogenic and geogenic soil load were proposed and compared with the results of the other 30 Fluvisol samples collected from the Labe fluvial zone. The increased geogenic load of Fluvisols was confirmed in the case of Be and As in some localities where low extractability with increased pseudototal contents were detected as opposed to the other elements when their increased pseudototal contents were followed by their increased extractability. The maps of probability of increased geogenic soil load in the area of the Czech Republic based on the comparison of geological substrates and trace element load were constructed. The combination of proposed elements extractability values for geogenic load together with developed maps is a suitable tool for the definition of prevailing Fluvisol or sediment load on some localities in the whole area of the Czech Republic. The results can be also a useful tool in the decision making processes regarding dredged sediment application on agricultural soil (support tool for legislative norms, Direction No. 257/2009 Sb.).

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Mobility of lead, zinc and cadmium in alluvial soils heavily polluted by smelting industry

Cited by 101 publications

References 14 publications

Soils from sites of historical metal mining in western Małopolska (S Poland) are strongly contaminated with Zn, Pb and Cd

Soils from sites of historical metal mining in western Małopolska (S Poland) are strongly contaminated with Zn, Pb and Cd

Trace Element Concentration and Speciation in Selected Mining-Contaminated Soils and Water in Willow Creek Floodplain, Colorado

The Fluvisol and sediment trace element contamination level as related to their geogenic and anthropogenic source

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