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Characterization of Heavy Metals in the Stream Sediment around an Old Zinc Mine (가학광산 지역 하천 저니토 중금속의 화학적 특성)

  • Yoo, Sun-Ho;Ro, Kwang-Jun;Lee, Sang-Mo;Park, Moo-Eon;Kim, Kye-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.432-438
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    • 1996
  • This study was carried out to prepare information for the establishment of countermeasures for an area contaminated with minewaste from an old zinc mine at Kahak-long in Kwangmyong. Minewaste and bottom sediments from the streams in this area were sampled and were analyzed for Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn extracted with different solution. Total heavy metal contents in both minewaste and bottom sediments were fairly high. Cadmium and Zn contents in the minewaste and Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn contents in the bottom sediments extracted with 0.1 N HCl showed a much higher level than those in the background level of paddy soils and in the soils around the other metal mines regardless of the distance from the mine. Sulfide/residue forms of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn covered the highest portions for the minewaste. For bottom sediments, sulfide/residue forms of Cu and Zn formed the highest portions, whereas the contents of both carbonate and sulfide/residue forms of Cd and Pb were significant. The lower the pH of the extracting solutions, the more heavy metals extracted from both minewaste and bottom sediments.

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