Stafilov, Trajche and Shajn, Robert and Arapcheska, Mila and Kungulovski, Ivan and Jasminka, Alijagic (2018) Geochemical properties of topsoil around the coal mine and thermoelectric power plant. Journal of Environmental Science and Health.
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Abstract
The results of the systematic study of the spatial distribution of trace metals in surface soil over the Bitola region, Republic of Macedonia, known for its coal mine and thermo-electrical power plant activities are
reported. The investigated region (3200 km2) is covered by a sparse sampling grid of 5 £ 5 km, but in the urban zone and around the thermoelectric power plant the sampling grid is denser (1 £ 1 km). In total,229 soil samples from 149 locations were collected including top-soil (0–5 cm) and bottom-soil samples(20–30 cm and 0–30 cm). Inductively coupled plasma – atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) was applied for the determinations of 21 elements (Al, As, B, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Sr, V and Zn). Based on the results of factor analyses, three geogenic associations of elements have been defined: F1 (Fe, Ni, V, Co, Cr, Mn and Li), F2 (Zn, B, Cu, Cd, Na and K) and F3 (Ca, Sr, Mg, Ba and Al). Even typical trace metals such as As, Cd, Cu, Ni, P, Pb and Zn are not isolated into anthropogenic
geochemical associations by multivariate statistical methods still show some trends of local anthropogenic
enrichment. The distribution maps for each analyzed element is showing the higher content of these elements in soil samples collected around the thermoelectric power plants than their average content for the soil samples collected from the whole Bitola Region. It was found that this enrichment is a result of the pollution by fly ash from coal burning which deposited near the plant having a high content of these elements.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Natural sciences > Biological sciences Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Natural sciences > Chemical sciences Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Prof. d-r Mila Arapceska |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2021 21:11 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2021 21:11 |
| URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/6288 |
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