Soil Pollution with Copper, Lead and Zinc in the Surroundings of Large Copper Ore Tailings Impoundment

Musztyfaga Elżbieta; Kabała Cezary; Bielińska Agata Urszula; Cuske Mateusz; Gałka Bernard

doi:10.2478/oszn-2014-0027

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (Dec 2014)

Soil Pollution with Copper, Lead and Zinc in the Surroundings of Large Copper Ore Tailings Impoundment

Musztyfaga Elżbieta,
Kabała Cezary,
Bielińska Agata Urszula,
Cuske Mateusz,
Gałka Bernard

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Musztyfaga Elżbieta: Mgr inż. Elżbieta Musztyfaga, prof. dr hab. inż. Cezary Kabała, mgr inż. Agata Urszula Bielińska, mgr inż. Mateusz Cuske, dr inż. Bernard Gałka, Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C. K. Norwida 25 St., 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Kabała Cezary: Mgr inż. Elżbieta Musztyfaga, prof. dr hab. inż. Cezary Kabała, mgr inż. Agata Urszula Bielińska, mgr inż. Mateusz Cuske, dr inż. Bernard Gałka, Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C. K. Norwida 25 St., 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Bielińska Agata Urszula: Mgr inż. Elżbieta Musztyfaga, prof. dr hab. inż. Cezary Kabała, mgr inż. Agata Urszula Bielińska, mgr inż. Mateusz Cuske, dr inż. Bernard Gałka, Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C. K. Norwida 25 St., 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Cuske Mateusz: Mgr inż. Elżbieta Musztyfaga, prof. dr hab. inż. Cezary Kabała, mgr inż. Agata Urszula Bielińska, mgr inż. Mateusz Cuske, dr inż. Bernard Gałka, Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C. K. Norwida 25 St., 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Gałka Bernard: Mgr inż. Elżbieta Musztyfaga, prof. dr hab. inż. Cezary Kabała, mgr inż. Agata Urszula Bielińska, mgr inż. Mateusz Cuske, dr inż. Bernard Gałka, Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C. K. Norwida 25 St., 50-375 Wrocław, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2014-0027
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 4
pp. 45 – 49

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Analysis of the top-soil total content of heavy metals was carried out inthe vicinity of large copper ore tailings pound in the south-western Poland with regard to soil properties, direction and distance from the tailings pound. None of the soils under study ex-ceeded the limits admitted in the official standards for soil quality, but the assessment made in accordance with IUNG-guidelines to soil contamination determination showed that more than half of the monitoring sites have elevated metal content, Cu, in par-ticular. The results confirmed high effectiveness of dust control preventing its eolian spread from the tailings pound.

Published in Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

ISSN: 2353-8589 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/OSZN

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