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http://dx.doi.org/10.9727/jmsk.2015.28.2.173

Heavy Metal Uptake of Acacia from Tailing soil in Abandoned Jangun Mine, Korea  

Jeong, Hong-Yun (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Young-Hun (Department of Environmental Engineering, Andong National University)
Kim, Jeong-Jin (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.28, no.2, 2015 , pp. 173-185 More about this Journal
Abstract
Janggun mine (longitude $129^{\circ}$ 03'38.91" Latitude $36^{\circ}$ 51'31.59") had been operated as an underground mine for last few decades. As the part of the remediation process, the surface of tailing dump was covered with uncontaminated soil about 20 cm in depth and acacia trees were planted. Heavy metal uptake of acacia from tailing soil has continued for the past 15 years. Heavy metal concentration ranges of tailing soil that contaminated with As (66.43-9325.34 mg/kg), Cd (0.96-1.09 mg/kg), Cu (16.90-57.60 mg/kg), Pb (57.33-945.67 mg/kg), and Zn (154.48-278.61 mg/kg) have higher than those of control soil As (38.98 mg/kg), Cd (0.42 mg/kg), Cu (10.26 mg/kg), Pb (8.21 mg/kg), Zn (46.74 mg/kg). The As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations of leaf of acacia in highly contaminated tailing dump were 165.95, 0.04, 10.68, 3.18, 48.11 mg/kg, respectively. The metal contents of leaf of acacia tree that obtained from uncontaminated control soil are 1.31 of As, 3.90 of Cu, 0.22 of Pb and 11.01 mg/kg of Zn. It was investigated that in the acacia tree, heavy metals such as As, Cu, Pb and Zn tend to be more highly concentrated in bark and leaf, compared with sapwood and heartwood.
Keywords
tailing dump; heavy metal; bark; sapwood; heartwood;
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