Deposition of heavy metals from particulate settleable matter in soils of an industrialised area

A comparative study of metal contamination in soil using the borehole method

“…The concentration of As(III) at boreholes BL-3, BL-4, BL-9, BL-11, and BL-13 are detected as 5.39, 6.95,10.87, 2.56, 2.23, and 2.27 mg/kg, respectively, while at BL-2, it is found undetected. The highest concentration of As(III) at BL-4 is 10.87 mg/kg, which is higher than those found at the smelter industry of Port Kembla, Australia (Martley et al 2004); chemical industry in Tarragona (Nadal et al 2009); Almowra (Soriano et al 2010), Catalonia, and Valencia in Spain (Rodríguez et al 2004). Cadmium ions are identified at BL-1 (0.66 mg/kg), BL-3 (53.0 mg/kg), BL-4 (19.0 mg/kg), and BL-11 (48.32 mg/kg), whereas the rest of the metal ions were found below the detection limits.…”

Source identification of trace elements in the atmosphere during the second Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China: Influence of control measures on air quality

“…Most elements are chemically stable and non-volatile, thus can stay in the atmosphere for a long time, and be transported or dispersed across a range of hundreds to thousands kilometers (Moreno et al, 2012;Pan et al, 2013;Senlin et al, 2008). The removal process from atmosphere for these elements include both dry and wet depositions, so they can also exert adverse effects on the cycles of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems (Cizmecioglu and Muezzinoglu, 2008;Soriano et al, 2012). Countries like USA, UK, even all European countries have built routine monitoring networks for trace elements in the atmosphere, but insufficient attention has been paid to this issue in China, and even less in Nanjing (Duan et al, 2014;Witt et al, 2010).…”

Spatial and seasonal characteristics of dissolved heavy metals in the east and west Guangdong coastal waters, South China

“…Nowadays, heavy metals originating from human activities are frequently detected in sediments and water column (Sun et al, 2010;Huang et al, 2012). In the aquatic environments, heavy metals are derived from a variety of natural and anthropogenic sources, such as atmospheric deposition, geologic weathering, agricultural activities, residential and industrial products (Soriano et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2012a;. Anthropogenic activities, particularly electroplating, mining and mineral processing etc.…”