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Geochemistry and mineralogy of technogenic soils developed on old mine heaps of abandoned iron ore mines in the Ławęczna area (Holy Cross Mountains, south-central Poland)
- Source :
- Soil Science Annual, Vol 69, Iss 1, Pp 28-38 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Soil Science Society of Poland, 2018.
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Abstract
- The article presents the results of preliminary geochemical and mineralogical studies of technogenic soils (Technosols) of abandoned iron ore mines on the Ławęczna Hill near Miedziana Góra in the Holy Cross (Świętokrzyskie) Mountains, southcentral Poland. The results of chemical analyses (XRF) were used to calculate the soil enrichment factors of arsenic, copper, iron, lead and zinc, and compare the element concentrations to their levels in uncontaminated soils across Poland and in the city of Kielce. The highest values of soil enrichment factors of metals (As 27.699, Ni 26.455, Cu 9.353, Zn 3.344, Pb 0.62) were recorded for the sand fraction composed of iron oxyhydroxides and hematite, whereas the lowest (Ni 0.22, Cu 0.069, Zn 0.007, Pb 0.028) for the clay–silt and sand fractions, which were primarily composed of calcite and quartz as well as for gravel fraction. The clay-silt fraction shows the highest enrichment in arsenic (27.69). The examined metals and arsenic show positive geochemical anomalies.
Details
- Language :
- English, Polish
- ISSN :
- 23004975 and 20180004
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Soil Science Annual
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.1b514c3a0b7c4822ad96b27f996b3e11
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2478/ssa-2018-0004