2021
DOI: 10.3390/land10111248
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Soil Contamination in the Problem Areas of Agrarian Slovakia

Abstract: Landfills, old and abandoned mines, industrial sites, heaps, sludge ponds and other sources of pollution represent environmental threats and are characterized as chemical time bombs. This work is focused on the evaluation of soil contamination by risk elements using various indices (geoaccumulation index—Igeo, enrichment factor—EF, contamination factor—Cif and degree of contamination—Cd). These selected agrarian problem areas are located in Slovakia, especially in the air pollution field of landfills consistin… Show more

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“…For Pb and Cr, significant enrichment was recorded at one site (KE04; 5 < EF < 20). Similar findings regarding elevated Igeo and EF values in mining and industrial areas have been noted in previous studies by Wang et al [74], Dolezalova-Weissmanova et al [75], and Fazekašová et al [76]. The most significant enrichment was found in the order of Cd > Mn > Ni > Pb > Zn > Mg > Cu > As > Fe > Cr > Hg.…”
Section: Assessment Of Soil Pollutionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…For Pb and Cr, significant enrichment was recorded at one site (KE04; 5 < EF < 20). Similar findings regarding elevated Igeo and EF values in mining and industrial areas have been noted in previous studies by Wang et al [74], Dolezalova-Weissmanova et al [75], and Fazekašová et al [76]. The most significant enrichment was found in the order of Cd > Mn > Ni > Pb > Zn > Mg > Cu > As > Fe > Cr > Hg.…”
Section: Assessment Of Soil Pollutionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…In the case of Pb, the C f value was from 1.78 to 1.99, which indicates slight contamination with this element. The classification, according to Hakanson 53 , was used to assess the degree of contamination by individual heavy metals (Table 5 ), which was also used by other authors in their work 36 , 54 , 55 . In China, the C f has been accepted as a pollution index (PI), which is often assessed by comparing metal concentrations with relevant environmental directives or concerning relevant background values.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Groundwater collectors do not form in the body of the landfill. Directly at the landfill are the soil from group of the Technosols (Michaeli et al 2021b;Fazekašová et al 2021), the type of Spolic Techosols/Alcalic Hyperartefactic (World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, Update 2015, Report 106). The soils of the type Mollic Fluvisols are around the landfill on the Danubian Plane.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%