Ecological risk assessment of soil contamination by trace elements around coal mining area

• Published in: Journal of soils and sediments Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 159 - 168
• Main Authors: Pandey, Bhanu, Agrawal, Madhoolika, Singh, Siddharth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acid mine drainage; anthropogenic activities; Anthropogenic factors; bottom ash; Cadmium; carbon; chromium; coal; Coal mines; Coal mining; copper; drainage; Dust; Earth and Environmental Science; electrical conductivity; Environment; environmental assessment; Environmental health; Environmental monitoring; Environmental Physics; Fires; Fly ash; India; iron; Lead; linear models; Load distribution; manganese; mining; nickel; Organic carbon; polluted soils; Pollution index; Pollution load; Pollution sources; Regression analysis; risk; Risk assessment; Sandstone; Sec 3 • Remediation and Management of Contaminated or Degraded Lands • Research Article; shale; Shales; Soil contamination; Soil pollution; soil sampling; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; Spatial distribution; toxicity; Trace elements; Zinc; India, Bihar, Dhanbad, Dist., Jharia Coal Field; India; Ecological risk; Trace elements; Coal mining; Source apportionment
• ISSN: 1439-0108; 1614-7480
• DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1173-8

Purpose Coal mining activities are inevitably connected with production of acidic drainage and airborne compounds such as fly ash and bottom ash with high metal content. Soil is a prominent sink for trace elements discharged from anthropogenic sources. Thus, understanding the occurrence, accessibili...