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To predict the long-term behavior of trace metals in a soilprofile, we studied the vertical distributions of barium, zinc,copper, chromium, nickel, cobalt, lead, and the principalmetals, aluminum, iron and manganese, in three soils withdeveloped horizons obtained from rural areas in Japan. Totalelement analysis and selective extraction tests with variousreagents were conducted to clarify the extractability of themetals at each sampling depth.Soil-b (Dystric Cambisols) had the highest extractability ofelements although the vertical distributions of its traceelements were similar to those of soil-d (Umbric Andosols),which had to lowest metal extractability of the three soils.Soil-KUR (Orthic Acrisols or Dystric Cambisols) was the oldest of the three soils and showed downward movement of some tracemetals (chromium and nickel) and principal elements (Fe and Mn)that was probably induced by long-term weathering.The extractability of manganese, zinc and barium with water washigher than other metals examined in all three soils. Lead andcobalt in soil-b and soil-KUR also were considered to have highextractability under long-term weathering processes. Zinc andlead accumulated near soil surface showed higher extractabilitywith every reagent used than those in deep layers of the three soils.
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Fujikawa, Y., Fukui, M. & Kudo, A. Vertical Distributions of Trace Metals in Natural Soil Horizons from Japan. Part 1. Effect of Soil Types. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 124, 1–21 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005120204500
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