The Main Cause of Geophagy According to Extensive Studies on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal

• Published in: Geosciences (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 7; p. 211
• Main Authors: Panichev, Alexander M., Baranovskaya, Natalya V., Seryodkin, Ivan V., Chekryzhov, Igor Y., Soktoev, Bulat R., Ivanov, Vladimir V., Vakh, Elena A., Desyatova, Tatyana V., Lutsenko, Tatyana N., Popov, Nikita Y., Ruslan, Alexey V., Elovskiy, Evgeniy V., Vetoshkina, Alena V., Patrusheva, Olga V., Ostapenko, Dmitry S., Kholodov, Aleksei S., Golokhvast, Kirill S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Carbonate rocks; Carbonates; Chemical elements; Clay; Clay minerals; Creeks & streams; Earth science; Environmental aspects; geology; Geophagy; Hypotheses; Kaolinite; kudurs; Lakes; Natural waters; Rare earth elements; Rare earth metals; soils; Specificity; Subgroups; surface waters; Ungulates; Weathering; Russia; Altai Mountains; Lake Baikal; Olkhon Island

From the novel results of comprehensive geological–hydrobiogeochemical studies conducted on Olkhon Island (Lake Baikal), it follows that the phenomenon of geophagy among wild and domestic ungulates on the island is caused by the deficiency of light subgroup rare earth elements (LREE) in plant food a...