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- Mercury Contamination from Historic Gold Mining to Water Bodies and Soils in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, Eastern China
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1 Qingdao Engineering Research Center for Rural Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, CN
2 Key Lab of Marine Environmental Science and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, CN
1 Qingdao Engineering Research Center for Rural Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, CN
2 Key Lab of Marine Environmental Science and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, CN
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Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Vol 15, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 559-564Abstract
To clarify the pollution status of mercury (Hg) in water bodies and soils from an old gold mining in China, we collected and analysed water samples in April 2010. The concentration of total Hg (THg) in water ranges from 0.032 to 0.225 μg/L, with average concentration as 0.078 μg/L. Among Hg species, particulate Hg (PHg) ranges from 0.021 to 0.106 μg/L, and the percentage of PHg exceeded 50 percent in most samples. Hg concentration in water is considerably lower than polluted areas by gold mining with amalgamation and Hg mining, close to the concentrations in high Hg background areas in China, but obviously higher than natural waters. THg in sediments ranges from 0.456 to 5.712 mg/kg, with a positive correlation to Hg of waters. THg of sediments in rivers shows a higher concentration than that in reservoirs. Soil Hg concentration ranges from 0.094 to 4.04 mg/kg, with geometric mean 0.36 mg/kg. Fifty percent of soil samples exceed Chinese Soil Reference (Grade II). The calculation results of the geoaccumulation index present a higher accumulation status of Hg in soils in this area. Furthermore, a strong ecological risk is found due to Hg accumulation in soils, according to the classification of assessment index of potential ecological risk levels. Results indicate that Zhaoyuan shows a certain degree of mercury pollution due to gold mining activities.Keywords
Mercury Contamination, Gold Mining, Sediment, Waterbodies.References
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1 School of Energy and Environment Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, CN
2 School of Economics & Management, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, CN
3 National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, FI
4 School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, CN
1 School of Energy and Environment Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, CN
2 School of Economics & Management, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, CN
3 National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, FI
4 School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, CN