Geochemistry landscape classification: toxicity of chemical elements and their impact on human health

Rustamov, Galib; İsmaylova, Latifa

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Geochemistry landscape classification: toxicity of chemical elements and their impact on human health

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In the article, the following were considered: classification of geochemical landscapes of the investigated territory, migration and accumulation of toxic chemical elements and their impact on human health. The research article was carried out in two directions: the first part—migration patterns of the chemical elements. The migration of chemical elements by landscape types has been identified, and a map has been developed showing the migration of chemical elements across the landscape. The second part of the article explores the toxicity of chemical elements that are common in the area and examines the relationship between the diseases observed in areas where the toxic elements are most commonly encountered and their effects on human health. The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the geochemical transformation of landscapes in the research area (of the Kura intermountain basin) based on the patterns of concentration and migration of macro-compounds and trace elements found in samples of mountain rocks, soil, plants and water, for which a comparative method of research and the relationship of landscape components was used. For the first time, a medium-scale “Geochemical classification of landscapes” and then “map scheme of diseases caused by anomalous concentration of microelements” of this region were compiled. The article reveals the characteristic features of the compiled maps and the features of the geochemical transformation of the study area. The geochemistry of landscapes studies the patterns of migration of chemical elements in the Earth's geographical shell. It deals with patterns of substance migration in that shell of the Earth that is the place of human life. The landscape is a fundamental concept of natural science as "chemical element," mineral, “soil.” The landscape is a large and complex nonequilibrium dynamic system of the Earth's surface, in which the elements of the lithohydrology and atmosphere are interpenetrated.

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Rustamov, G., İsmaylova, L. Geochemistry landscape classification: toxicity of chemical elements and their impact on human health. Environ Geochem Health 44, 631–643 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00747-4

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Received: 01 April 2020
Accepted: 09 October 2020
Published: 21 October 2020
Issue Date: February 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00747-4

Keywords

Geochemistry
Landscapes
Microelements
Macroions
Anthropogenic transformation
Chemical elements