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Transformation of polymetallic dust in the organic horizon of Al-Fe-humus podzol (field experiment)

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Scanning electron microscopy with an X-ray spectral microanalysis showed that the ash matter from the organic horizons (after ignition) of control and experimental plots mainly (>85%) consists of different soil-forming minerals and iron oxides (particularly magnetite). From 10% to 15% of particles in the organic horizon of Al-Fe-humus podzol (Albic Rustic Podzol) of the experimental plot were represented by polymetallic ball-shaped dust particles that were preserved in the soil without significant transformation for 14 years after their artificial application. The total contents of Cu, Pb, As, and Ni in the organic horizon on the experimental plot were 22–100 times higher than those in the control; the contents of Zn and Fe were 2–5 times higher. The sequence of chemical elements according to their total contents in the samples of control and experimental plots was different. The portion of available forms of heavy metal (Ni, Cu, and Co) compounds extractable with 1.0 M HCl averaged 20–30% of their total contents in the soil. More than 80% of acid-soluble forms of heavy metals were concentrated in the organic horizon of contaminated podzol soil, which represents the biogeochemical barrier to the migration of pollutants down the soil profile. Durable fixation of heavy metals in the organic horizon and their weak migration into the mineral soil layers significantly hamper the processes of self-purification of contaminated soils.

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Original Russian Text © I.V. Lyanguzova, D.K. Goldvirt, I.K. Fadeeva, 2015, published in Pochvovedenie, 2015, No. 7, pp. 804–815.

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Lyanguzova, I.V., Goldvirt, D.K. & Fadeeva, I.K. Transformation of polymetallic dust in the organic horizon of Al-Fe-humus podzol (field experiment). Eurasian Soil Sc. 48, 701–711 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229315050051

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