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Influence of emission from copper–nickel smelters on the chemical composition of lake water: Acidification forecast

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The influence of the emission of sulfur dioxide and solid substances from Pechenganickel and Severonickel copper–nickel combines (Murmansk oblast) on the chemical compositions of lake water and the development of acidification is analyzed. The temporal dynamics of ∼100 lakes, studied in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2009, and the response of the chemical composition of the lake water to the impact of acid-forming substances depending on the load level (the distance of combines), geologically controlled sensitivity of catchment areas of the lakes studied to acid deposition, and the lake areas is discussed. The likely further changes in sulfate concentration and pH value in the lake water under the scenarios of increase/decrease of sulfur dioxide emissions from smelter are estimated.

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Gashkina, T.I. Moiseenko, 2017, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2017, Vol. 476, No. 2, pp. 217–223.

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Gashkina, N.A., Moiseenko, T.I. Influence of emission from copper–nickel smelters on the chemical composition of lake water: Acidification forecast. Dokl. Earth Sc. 476, 1073–1079 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X17090124

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