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Indicators of Complex Urban Geochemical Transformation in Russian Metropolises

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Recent Research on Environmental Earth Sciences, Geomorphology, Soil Science, Paleoclimate, and Karst (MedGU 2021)

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This study aimed to identify indicators of complex geochemical changes in urban landscapes in the context of contemporary sedimentation processes. The study was conducted in Russian cities with high anthropogenic pressure, in different climatic and economic zones, and in areas with different geological structures: Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Murmansk, Tyumen, and Chelyabinsk. The study was based on the hypothesis that recent urban surface-deposited sediments (USDS) reflect changes in geochemical conditions occurring in the urban environment. Therefore, the sampling of environmental compartments participating in the formation of the USDS was conducted in multi-story residential quarters of each city: soil/ground from lawns; dust from sidewalks, driveways, and roads; sediments of local surface-depressed areas of microrelief. The combined analysis of the data on the chemical, mineral, and granulometric composition of the collected samples allowed identifying the following indicators of urban geochemical transformation: the petrogenic and anthropogenic geochemical associations of elements, the granulometric composition, the distribution of elements on granulometric fractions, and the mineral composition.

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Funding

Russian Science Foundation, project number 18-77-10024, funded the reported study. Mineral analysis was conducted in the «Geoanalitik» shared research facilities of the IGG UB RAS. The re-equipment and comprehensive development of the «Geoanalitik» shared research facilities of the IGG UB RAS is financially supported by the grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for 2021–2023 (Agreement No. 075-15-2021-680).

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  1. The Zavaritsky Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 15 Akademika Vonsovskogo Str., 620016, Ekaterinburg, Russia

    A. Ryanskaya

  2. Institute of Industrial Ecology UB RAS, 20, S. Kovalevskoy Str., 620990, Ekaterinburg, Russia

    A. Seleznev, I. Yarmoshenko & G. Malinovsky

  3. Ural Federal University Named After the First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, 19, Mira Str., Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

    A. Seleznev

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  1. Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, İstanbul, Türkiye

    Attila Çiner

  2. North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Md Firoz Khan

  3. National School of Engineers of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Amjad Kallel

  4. University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    Jesús Rodrigo-Comino

  5. University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

    Mario Parise

  6. Groundwater Research Group (GRES), Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME), Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada

    Rahim Barzegar

  7. Kütahya Dumlupınar University, Kütahya, Türkiye

    Zeynal Abiddin Ergüler

  8. DAAD Alumni Researcher, Heidelberg, Germany

    Nabil Khelifi

  9. Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India

    Imran Ali

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Ryanskaya, A., Seleznev, A., Yarmoshenko, I., Malinovsky, G. (2023). Indicators of Complex Urban Geochemical Transformation in Russian Metropolises. In: Çiner, A., et al. Recent Research on Environmental Earth Sciences, Geomorphology, Soil Science, Paleoclimate, and Karst. MedGU 2021. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42917-0_2

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