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Mercury in soils of the agro-industrial zone of Zima city (Irkutsk oblast)

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Data on mercury concentrations in soils of the agro-industrial zone of Zima city in Irkutsk oblast are discussed. It is shown that mercury concentrations in the plow horizon of studied soils exceed background values. The distribution pattern of mercury in soils of the investigated area is characterized. The revealed mercury anomalies are allocated to the industrial zone of the Sayanskkhimprom plant. The combined analysis of data on mercury concentrations in the plow and subplow horizons and on the chemical composition of snow indicates that mercury enters the soil mainly with atmospheric precipitation and is present there in the adsorbed form. The correlation analysis indicates that the local thermal power station plays a significant role as the source of mercury emission to the atmosphere. Close relationships between mercury concentrations and concentrations of mobile forms of elements attest to the presence of mobile organomineral mercury compounds in the studied soils.

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  1. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia

    E. V. Butakov, M. S. Kholodova & V. I. Grebenshchikova

  2. Center for Problems of Ecology and Productivity of Forests, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    P. V. Kuznetsov

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Original Russian Text © E.V. Butakov, P.V. Kuznetsov, M.S. Kholodova, V.I. Grebenshchikova, 2017, published in Pochvovedenie, 2017, No. 11, pp. 1401–1408.

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Butakov, E.V., Kuznetsov, P.V., Kholodova, M.S. et al. Mercury in soils of the agro-industrial zone of Zima city (Irkutsk oblast). Eurasian Soil Sc. 50, 1354–1361 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229317110035

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