Alteration of podzolized tills by acid load near Ni-Cu smelters at Monchegorsk, Kola Peninsula, Russia

• Published in: Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 19 - 38
• Main Authors: Räisänen, M.L., Pulkkinen, E., Kontio, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of Finland 01.06.1994
• Subjects: acidification; clay minerals; environmental geology; geochemistry; Kola Peninsula; mica group; Monchegorsk; Podsols; pollution; Russian Federation; soils; till; weathering

Mineralogy and geochemistry of podzolized tills was studied in the area of dieback forest near the Ni-Cu smelters at Monchegorsk, and less extensively forest damage near by Apatity and Kirovsk in the Russian Kola Peninsula. The abundances of main elements (Si, Al, Fe, Mg, Ca, K, Na) in the <64 μm...