Extractability and mobility of mercury from agricultural soils surrounding industrial and mining contaminated areas

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 81; no. 11; pp. 1369 - 1377
• Main Authors: Reis, Ana Teresa, Rodrigues, Sónia Morais, Davidson, Christine M., Pereira, Eduarda, Duarte, Armando C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agriculture; Applied sciences; Chemical Fractionation; Chemical Industry; Environmental Restoration and Remediation; Exact sciences and technology; Industry; Kinetics; Mercury; Mercury - analysis; Mercury - chemistry; Mercury - isolation & purification; Mining; Mobility; Pollution; Sequential extraction; Soil - chemistry; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil Pollutants - chemistry; Soil Pollutants - isolation & purification; Soils; Mobility; Soils; Sequential extraction; Mercury; Chemical industry; Organic matter; Factor analysis; Pollutant behavior; Property of soil; Identification; Agricultural soil; Soil pollution; Heavy metal; Trace element; Poison; Industrial area; Sulfur; Mining industry; Speciation; Manganese

This study focussed on a comparison of the extractability of mercury in soils with two different contamination sources (a chlor-alkali plant and mining activities) and on the evaluation of the influence of specific soil properties on the behaviour of the contaminant. The method applied here did not...