Spatial analysis and hazard assessment of mercury in soil around the coal-fired power plant: a case study from the city of Baoji, China

Yang, Xiaopeng; Wang, Lingqing

doi:10.1007/s00254-007-0747-1

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“…Results showed that geostatistical method had more considerable accuracy than IDW (Table 4). Our results are similar to the findings of Xiaopeng and Lingqing (15). They also reported that geostatistic methods had more considerable accuracy than IDW method for preparing maps.…”

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Mapping of noise pollution by different interpolation methods in recovery section of Ghandi telecommunication Cables Company

Taghizadeh–Mehrjardi¹,

Zare

2013

JOHE

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confidence: 82%

Mapping of noise pollution by different interpolation methods in recovery section of Ghandi telecommunication Cables Company

Taghizadeh–Mehrjardi¹,

Zare

2013

JOHE

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“…Many researches have proved that elevated THg concentrations in soils and atmosphere near CFPPs resulted from the pollution of coal combustion (e.g. Wang et al 2013;Yang and Wang 2008;Crockett and Kinnison 1979), and mercury pollution around the CFPP was an active area of current research in Europe and North America (Seigneur et al 2004;Tan et al 2004;Demers et al 2015;Ambrose et al 2015;Reash et al 2015). Our study suggests that CFPP emissions continue to represent a mercury source at the HR-S3 and HR-S4 sampling sites, which is similar for other pollutants described in the area.…”

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confidence: 57%

Mercury Fractionation in Superficial Sediment and Paddy Soil Samples from Tianjin, Northern China

Zhang

Fei

et al. 2016

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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Sediment and soil samples from the Beitang River (BR) and the Haihe River (HR) in Tianjin were analyzed to investigate the extent of mercury contamination. The results show that total mercury (THg) contents in the BR and HR sediments were 2241 ± 1024 and 653 ± 450 ng g(-1), and THg in rice paddy soils were 907 ± 345 and 328 ± 286 ng g(-1), respectively. Industrial and domestic sewage were regarded as the main sources of mercury in the two river basins. Sediment-bound mercury in the BR and the HR were found to be predominantly associated with the organic-bound fraction (55 %) and residual fraction and (54 %), while soil-bound mercury was mainly in organic-bound fraction in paddy soils (61 % and 57 %, respectively). The availability of this element (soluble and exchangeable and specifically sorbed fraction) seemed restricted, but significantly higher in the paddy soils than in sediments. Higher soluble and exchangeable, specifically sorbed fraction and organic-bound fraction may promote the higher toxic methylmercury and bioavailable fraction formation in the soils during the rice cultivation.

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“…The other THg levels of surface soils were in the range of 65 to 99 µg/kg. These THg levels from this study indicate some contamination of mercury in surface soil of this area, especially, some were even higher than Hg concentrations in soils around a coal-fired power plant in China (606 µg/kg) [23] and Serbia (100 µg/kg) [24], where their amounts were already higher than the average content of Hg in world soil. Table 2 shows the THg concentrations found in water samples, two of which were sampling from groundwater wells while another was sampling from surface water.…”

Section: Mercury Concentrations In Surface Soilmentioning

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Mercury Contamination in Environment Surrounding Coal-Fired Power Plant

Chinwetkitvanich¹

2017

GEOMATE

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Fossil fuels combustion has been widely known of their emission containing various heavy metals and gaseous substances. This study is to investigate the distribution of mercury (Hg) in environmental media surrounding the lignite coal-fired power plant in Lampang province, Thailand. Samples of surface soil and waters were collected within the vicinity of the power plant in order to analyze mercury contamination. Also, Hazard Quotient (HQ) will be determined to estimate environmental potential risks in this area of concern. Mercury contents in surface soil samples were observed in the range of 65 -1338 µg/kg. The results also revealed that the distribution of mercury contamination in surface soils partly correlate with monsoon domination or distance from the power plant. Some samples of surface water and ground water in this area contained mercury concentration in the range of 0.1 µg/l -0.2 µg/l. These mercury contents were further considered for environmental potential risks by HQ calculation. The environmental potential risks of mercury content in surface soil samples and water samples were classified as no environmental hazard (HQ < 1).

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Spatial analysis and hazard assessment of mercury in soil around the coal-fired power plant: a case study from the city of Baoji, China

Cited by 54 publications

References 29 publications

Mapping of noise pollution by different interpolation methods in recovery section of Ghandi telecommunication Cables Company

Mapping of noise pollution by different interpolation methods in recovery section of Ghandi telecommunication Cables Company

Mercury Fractionation in Superficial Sediment and Paddy Soil Samples from Tianjin, Northern China

Mercury Contamination in Environment Surrounding Coal-Fired Power Plant

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