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Spatial distribution and source identification of heavy metals in European mountain beech forests soils by Snežana Štrbac; Dragana Ranđelović; Gordana Gajica; Emira Hukić; Sanja Stojadinović; Gorica Veselinović; Jovana Orlić; Roberto Tognetti; Milica Kašanin-Grubin is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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The main objectives of this research were to (i) investigate the concentration; (ii) characterize the distribution; (iii) determine the sources apportionment; (iv) estimate environmental and health risks of heavy metals in soil from mountain beech forest. A total of 76 soil samples from 20 pure beech forest stands from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA), Bulgaria (BG), Check Republic (CZ), Germany (DE), Italy (IT), Poland (PL), Romania (RO), Serbia (RS), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SL), and Spain (ES) were collected. The content of major elements was measured by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). The content of heavy metals was measured by inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometry (ICP/OES). Heavy metals had a specific concentration range, which followed in soil samples from depth 0–40 cm the common order (low to high): Hg < Cd < As < Co < Pb < Ni < Cu < Cr < Zn, and from depth 40–80 cm: Hg < Cd < As < Pb < Co < Ni < Cu < Cr < Zn. The grouping of the examined parameters according to rock types, soil types, and localities indicated the separation of carbonate rocks from other substrates, luvisol, and rendzina from other soil types, and samples from BA, SL, and IT from other
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- Author
- Snežana Štrbac; Dragana Ranđelović; Gordana Gajica; Emira Hukić; Sanja Stojadinović; Gorica Veselinović; Jovana Orlić; Roberto Tognetti; Milica Kašanin-Grubin
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)