Building a quality index for soils impacted by proximity to an industrial complex using statistical and data-mining methods

Ciarkowska, Krystyna; Gambuś, Florian

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140161

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“…Results of Schejbal-Chwastek and Tarkowski (1988) indicated also that big power plants with high chimneys were the main emitters, thus about 70% of falling dust of the area of TNP was probably of a long-range origin, mainly from Krakow and Silesia areas which are located at the distance of 100-150 km from the Tatras. In eastern Krakow, a large industrial centre, which reached maximum production in the 1970s and '80 s, emitted dust and gaseous pollutants, including those containing TMs, amounting to more than 100,000 tonnes into the atmosphere annually, and similar amounts were emitted from the power plants in the Silesia region (Ciarkowska & Gambus, 2020, Central Statistics Office 2020. Although in the twenty-first century amounts of dust produced by plants in Krakow The lack of spatial correlation with Zn may be related to its increased presence in dispersed historical mine sites, where ores were also processed.…”

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Identification of the factors determining the concentration and spatial distribution of Zn, Pb and Cd in the soils of the non-forest Tatra Mountains (southern Poland)

Ciarkowska

Miechówka

2022

Environ Geochem Health

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We investigated trace-metal (TM)––Zn, Pb and Cd––concentrations and spatial distributions in the uppermost layers of non-forest soils from Tatra National Park (West Carpathians). We aimed to determine the main factors affecting the distribution of TMs, as well as the risk they posed to the environment. TM concentrations were compared to the target and intervention values established by the Dutch Ministry. Principle component analysis was used to identify the potential factors affecting TM accumulation, with two-factor analysis being applied to further examine the importance of any given factor. To examine the regularity of the TM distribution, semivariograms were created. The semivariograms of Cd and Pb were similar, suggesting a moderate spatial dependence for these metal concentrations, while the Zn variogram indicated a lack of spatial continuity for this metal. We established that the Zn, Pb and Cd exceeded target levels and at some sites, Cd exceeded the intervention values, posing a strong ecological risk to the environment. Our study confirmed that the parent rock was the most important factor affecting the TM accumulation. The carbonate-free soils differed from carbonate soils in the second important factor affecting TM accumulation, for carbonate-free soils it was location when for carbonate soils–TM content in the parent material. The Zn, Pb and Cd distribution patterns indicated that Cd, but also to a lesser degree Pb and Zn, accumulation mainly resulted from long-range transport from industrialised areas, while the Zn concentrations were also affected by local sources, such as the historical mining of Zn ore.

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Identification of the factors determining the concentration and spatial distribution of Zn, Pb and Cd in the soils of the non-forest Tatra Mountains (southern Poland)

Ciarkowska

Miechówka

2022

Environ Geochem Health

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“…These methods, as well as analysis quality-control procedures, have been described in detail in our previous publications (Ciarkowska and Gambus 2020;Ciarkowska et al 2019) and are also included in the Supplementary Materials.…”

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“…The PAHs and HMs released into the atmosphere as a result of anthropogenic activities are eventually precipitated out, being deposited on soils, making them both a major reservoir for, and a potential source of, pollutants (Jiang et al 2016). While PAHs are somewhat soluble, being readily adsorbed by soil particles, the mobility of HMs is controlled by alkaline reactions that favour their binding to soil organic matter, especially in urban soils (Ciarkowska and Gambus 2020;Wang et al 2015). Therefore, the accumulation of PAHs and HMs in urban soils reflects centuries of habitation and/or the legacy of industrial activity (Peng et al 2013).…”

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“…deriving from combustion) PAHs (Peng et al 2013;Yunker et al 2002), while an effective assessment of soil contaminated with HMs may be performed using pollution indices (Ciarkowska 2018). Mapping of the spatial distribution of pollutants and their toxicity threshold effects, as suggested in the Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs 2020), is a useful tool for assessing the human and ecological risks, and assists in the development of strategies aimed at protecting humans against harmful, long-term contaminant accumulation (Chagas et al 2016;Ciarkowska and Gambus 2020).…”

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“…The soil quality in urban environments is of vital importance to the residents because it can affect human health and ecosystems in many ways (Jiang et al 2016). Consequently, in recent years, much attention has been paid to urban soils polluted with PAHs (Jiang et al 2016;Wang et al 2015), HMs (Ciarkowska and Gambus 2020;Solek-Podwika et al 2016) and their combined effects (Ciarkowska et al 2019;Peng et al 2013;Wang et al 2020).…”

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Building a quality index for soils impacted by proximity to an industrial complex using statistical and data-mining methods

Cited by 23 publications

References 42 publications

Identification of the factors determining the concentration and spatial distribution of Zn, Pb and Cd in the soils of the non-forest Tatra Mountains (southern Poland)

Identification of the factors determining the concentration and spatial distribution of Zn, Pb and Cd in the soils of the non-forest Tatra Mountains (southern Poland)

Primary Soil Contaminants and Their Risks, and Their Relationship to Myocardial Infarction Susceptibility in Urban Krakow (Poland)

Changes in soil quality during different ecological restoration years in the abandoned coal mine area of southern China

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