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Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soils and Crops in the Poongwon Mine Area  

Kim, Jakwan (부산가톨릭대학교 환경공학과)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.11, no.2, 2010 , pp. 5-11 More about this Journal
Abstract
Abandoned mines release acid mine drainage and cause the contamination of soil and crops around the mine area. The objective of current study is to evaluate effect of mine on the soil and crop contamination. Soils, water, and crops were collected and analyzed, and the heavy metal data were classified into types of the soil, types of crops, and distance from the minehead. Surface soils of the mine area were highly contaminated with heavy metals, especially with zinc and lead. Tailings and cultivated paddy soils were also highly contaminated. Heavy metal concentrations upon distance from minehead decrease steadily as the distance from the minehead increase. The correlation between heavy metals was extracted from soils and the content in the rice samples showed a positive relation for arsenic and cadmium but not a meaningful relation for other metals.
Keywords
Abandon mine; Heavy metals; Soil; Crops; Contamination;
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