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Dispersion and Enrichment of Potentially Toxic Elements of Farmland Soils from the Boeunjeil Mine Area, Korea  

Yoo, Bong-Chul (Department of geology and environmental sciences, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Ki-Jung (Department of geology and environmental sciences, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Chan-Hee (Department of cultural heritage conservation sciences, Kongju National University)
Lee, Hyun-Koo (Department of geology and environmental sciences, Chungnam National University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.40, no.1, 2007 , pp. 15-28 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study is for contaminations of major, rare earth and trace elements of the farmland soils from the Boeunjeil mine area. The results are compared with the soils of Chungjoo, Deokpyeong, Boeun and Chubu areas. Fe and S contents of the contaminated area are high relative to those from the uncontaminated areas, Chungjoo and Boeun areas. Trace elements of the contaminated area are high relative to those from uncontaminated area, Chunajoo, Deokpyeong, Boeun and Chubu areas. The trace elements ares divided into Cd, Ni, Sr, U, V, Zn and As, Co, Cu, Mo, Pb, Sb, based on these dispersion and correlation. Two groups show the positive correlation. Enrichment factor of potentially toxic elements from contaminated area is >5 value, but <4 value in the uncontaminated area. In the geoaccumulation index of the minor elements, the contaminated area has >1 value and the uncontaminated area has <1 value except Mn. Enrichment index of potentially toxic elements(As, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, U, Zn) ranges from 0.3 to 87.0 in the contaminated area and from 0.4 to 3.9 in the uncontaminated area. Overall results show that the high contents of farmland soils for the elements(Fe, S, As, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, U, Zn) indicate the contamination by coal-related activities.
Keywords
Boeunjeil mine area; farmland soils; toxic element; enrichment factor; geoaccumulation index;
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