Assessment of soil contamination by heavy metals and arsenic in Tamesguida abandoned copper mine area, Médéa, Algeria.
Gray copper
Impact
Metal sources
Pollution indices
Spatial distribution
Tailings
Journal
Environmental monitoring and assessment
ISSN: 1573-2959
Titre abrégé: Environ Monit Assess
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8508350
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Dec 2022
29 Dec 2022
Historique:
received:
15
07
2022
accepted:
16
12
2022
entrez:
29
12
2022
pubmed:
30
12
2022
medline:
3
1
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Heavy metal and arsenic pollution of soil remains a serious environmental problem long after mining operations have ended. For instance, the Tamesguida copper mine located in north-central Algeria has been abandoned for several decades without restoration or even an environmental impact assessment. Therefore, soils were collected from several locations in the vicinity of the old mine and tailings and analyzed for their Cu, Cr, As, Pb, Ni, Zn, and Fe rates to gauge the scope of the soil contamination caused by these elements, and assessing their origin and their dispersion in the mine area. High copper and arsenic contents were recorded in tailings and surrounding soils, far exceeding the world average shale, crustal average, and local soils. Except for lead, the spatial distribution of heavy metals and As shows a decrease in content as one moves away from the tailings, and the correlation matrix and PCA performed associate the origin of these elements with previous mining activities. The pollution indices, notably contamination degree (CD) and the pollution load index (PLI), categorize the site as a highly polluted area.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36580146
doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10862-7
pii: 10.1007/s10661-022-10862-7
doi:
Substances chimiques
Arsenic
N712M78A8G
Soil
0
Copper
789U1901C5
Soil Pollutants
0
Metals, Heavy
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
247Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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