abstract：:The effect of a tea plantation on soil basic properties, chemical and mineralogical compositions, and magnetic properties of Alfisols from eastern China was studied. Under the tea plantation, acidification took place within a soil depth of 70 cm, with the maximum difference in pH in the upper 17 cm (ΔpH = 2.80). Both ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Alekseeva T,Alekseev A,Xu RK,Zhao AZ,Kalinin P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liming materials have been used to immobilize heavy metals in contaminated soils. However, no studies have evaluated the use of eggshell waste as a source of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) to immobilize both cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in soils. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of eggshell waste on the...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Ok YS,Lee SS,Jeon WT,Oh SE,Usman AR,Moon DH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of bioremediation and electrokinetics, termed bioelectrokinetics, has been studied constantly to enhance the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from soil. The use of the bioleaching process originating from Fe- and/or S-oxidizing bacteria may be a feasible technology for the remediation of h...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Lee KY,Kim HA,Lee BT,Kim SO,Kwon YH,Kim KW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations were determined in 16 topsoils (0-10 cm) collected across the site of a former tar works in NE England. The soils were prepared in the laboratory to two different particle size fractions: <250 μm (fraction A) and >250 μm to <2 mm (fraction B). Sixteen priority PAHs ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Lorenzi D,Cave M,Dean JR

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review paper, various methods for arsenic removal from water have been described by explaining the related mechanisms of each methods. Advantages and drawbacks were discussed. Membrane methods were suggested as reliable methods for elimination of arsenic from water in addition to other conventional separation ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Höll WH

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study concentrations of selected metals viz., Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Ni, Pb and Zn in surface soils of Sialkot city known worldwide for tanneries and pharmaceutical industries were measured to assess the status of urban soil pollution and to identify sources of contamination. Hierarchical cluster a...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Malik RN,Jadoon WA,Husain SZ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of 16 polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners in six short sediment cores from the Clyde Estuary were determined by gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry. Total PBDE concentrations ranged from 1 to 2,645 mug/kg and the average concentration was 287 mug/kg. BDE-209 was the main congener and var...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Vane CH,Ma YJ,Chen SJ,Mai BX

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of uranium was determined in 944 samples from stream water by the inductively coupled plasma quadrupole mass spectrometry (ICP-QMS) method and represented on a color-shaded contour map. Uranium concentrations in surface water were determined to be between 0.007 μg/l and 43.7 μg/l with median of 0.33 ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Birke M,Rauch U,Lorenz H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedimentation of metals preserves historical records of contaminant input from local and regional sources, and measurement of metals in sediment cores can provide information for reconstruction of historical changes in regional water and sediment quality. Sediment core was collected from Stege Marsh located in central...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Hwang HM,Green PG,Young TM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoride concentration of groundwater reserves occurs in many places in the world. A critical area for such contamination in India is alluvial soil of the plain region, consisting of five blocks (Jhajjar, Bahadurgarh, Beri, Matanhail, and Sahalawas) of the Jhajjar District adjacent to the National Capital Territory of...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Yadav JP,Lata S,Kataria SK,Kumar S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanism of arsenic (As) mobilization from sediments to groundwater is important for water quality management in areas of endemic arsenic poisoning, such as the Datong basin in northern China. The bulk geochemistry analysis of sediment samples from three 50-m boreholes drilled specifically for this ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Xie X,Wang Y,Duan M,Liu H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subject of the study was the ecological and human health consequences of environmental pollution from emissions arising from burning local coal with an arsenic content ranging from 900 to 1,500 g/tonne of dry substance. The first indication of environmental pollution by arsenic-containing emissions was the mass ex...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Bencko V,Rames J,Fabiánová E,Pesek J,Jakubis M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of the total arsenic content of a soil and its bioaccumulation by earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus and Dendrodrilus rubidus) to the arsenic fraction bioaccessible to humans, measured using an in vitro physiologically-based extraction test (PBET), was investigated. Soil and earthworm samples were collect...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Button M,Watts MJ,Cave MR,Harrington CF,Jenkin GT

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two brownfield sites from the city of Wolverhampton were selected from those with a former industrial use, wasteland or areas adjacent to industrial processes. Samples (<2 mm powdered soil fraction) were analysed, using inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) for 20 elements. Loss on i...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Thums CR,Farago ME,Thornton I

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contamination of groundwater in the aquifer of the La Llagosta basin (Besòs river basin) due to waste disposal in quarries formerly used for the extraction of dry raw materials has led to the cessation of groundwater extraction for public water supply. The mobilization of pollutants was largely caused by fluctuati...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Navarro A,Carbonell M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been increasing interest in employing electro-bioremediation, a hybrid technology of bioremediation and electrokinetics, to overcome the low bioavailability of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOC) by homogenizing sorption-retarded HOC and immobilised microorganisms. Present electro-remediation approaches m...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Shi L,Müller S,Harms H,Wick LY

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for on site biodegradation may be difficult to provide at heterogeneous sites without additional experiments in controlled laboratory conditions. In this study, microbial activities measured as CO2 and CH4 production were compared in situ, in intact soil cores and in bottle microcosms containing sieved soils....

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Björklöf K,Salminen J,Sainio P,Jørgensen K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work a two-stage process combining soil electrokinetic remediation and liquid electrochemical oxidation for the remediation of polluted soil with organic compounds has been developed and evaluated using phenanthrene-spiked kaolinite. Application of an unenhanced electrokinetic process resulted in negligible re...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Alcántara T,Pazos M,Cameselle C,Sanromán MA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the results from a study of the organic composition of rainwater collected at Tianhe district of Guangzhou city, P.R. China, during the dry season. Several special setups of a pyrex bottle with a glass funnel were used for the collection of the rainwater. Three fractions (aliphatics, PAHs and fatty ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Xu T,Song Z,Liu J,Wang C,Wei J,Chen H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yucca Mountain is being considered as a geological repository for the USA's spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste. Numerous groundwater seeps appeared during March 2005 within the exploratory studies facility (ESF), a tunnel excavated in the mountain. Because of the relevance to radionuclide transport and un...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Cizdziel JV,Guo C,Steinberg SM,Yu Z,Johannesson KH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of the colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Glomus mosseae on the growth and metal uptake of three leguminous plants (Sesbania rostrata, Sesbania cannabina, Medicago sativa) grown in multi-metal contaminated soil. AMF colonization incr...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Lin AJ,Zhang XH,Wong MH,Ye ZH,Lou LQ,Wang YS,Zhu YG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Huludao zinc plant in Liaoning province, northeast China was the largest in Asia, and its smelting activities had seriously contaminated soil, water and atmosphere in the surrounding area. For the first time, we investigated the total mercury (THg) content in maize, soybean, broomcorn, 22 vegetables, and the soil ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Zheng N,Wang Q,Zheng D

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of bench scale laboratory column tests were carried out using a newly designed and developed electrokinetic cell to investigate the fundamental behavior of zinc-spiked kaolin clay subjected to an electric field. Laboratory investigations focused on (i) zinc migration by the combined effects of electromigratio...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Lee MH,Kamon M,Kim SS,Lee JY,Chung HI

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon ((222)Rn) is a carcinogenic gas produced by the radioactive decay of radium ((226)Ra). It has been reported that soil and soil-gas are primary factors that could cause indoor radon problems. Six sites were selected for this study--Sanbook, Gangcheon, Jikyeong, Choojung, Geumsung and Homyoung--each was classified...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Je HK,Kang CG,Choi JY,Lee JS,Chon HT

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study reported here was to characterize arsenic (As) accumulation by Pteris ferns by comparing 3 of the ferns of this genus with each other as well as with four non-Pteris ferns growing on seven sites in southern China with different As levels. A total of 112 samples, including 78 Pteris vittata,...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Wei CY,Wang C,Sun X,Wang WY

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airborne fluoride was determined in the rainwater, surface soil and groundwater along a gradient of emission of a phosphate fertilizer factory in Rio Grande, southern Brazil. Concentrations of fluoride in rainwater and groundwater achieved 3 mg l(-1) and 5 mg l(-1), respectively, and were dependent on pH. The fluoride...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Mirlean N,Roisenberg A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the bulk chemical composition as well as the extent and severity of heavy metal contamination in the paddy soil of Kocani Field (eastern Macedonia). The results revealed that the paddy soil of the western part of Kocani Field is severely contaminated with Pb, Zn, As and Cd in ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Dolenec T,Serafimovski T,Tasev G,Dobnikar M,Dolenec M,Rogan N

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper discusses the geochemistry and mineralogy of the barkinite liptobiolith of the Late Permian age from the Jinshan Mine, Guangde County, Anhui Province, China. Samples were examined using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence, cold-vapor atomic absorption spectrometry, ion-selective...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Sun Y,Lin M,Qin P,Zhao C,Jin K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to report on imidacloprid [IUPAC name 1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine] residues in some vegetables, fruits, and water samples collected from the West Bank, Palestine, in 1998 and 1999. Imidacloprid and its derivatives in the study samples were extracted by metha...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Daraghmeh A,Shraim A,Abulhaj S,Sansour R,Ng JC

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate potential human and ecological risks associated with metals in fish and crayfish from mining in the Tri-States Mining District (TSMD). Crayfish (Orconectes spp.) and fish of six frequently consumed species (common carp, Cyprinus carpio; channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus; ...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Schmitt CJ,Brumbaugh WG,Linder GL,Hinck JE

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban soils in medium- and large-sized cities generally have shown elevated contents of environmentally important trace metals (e.g. lead, copper, zinc). Such high concentrations in soils of green areas, mainly recreational areas, can be a source of potentially toxic elements and pose a risk for human health. Thus the...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Madrid F,Romero AS,Madrid L,Maqueda C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cometabolic bioventing for removal of TCE in the unsaturated zone was studied in a soil column study using methane as growth substrate. A numerical model was developed for simulating the behavior of TCE during cometabolic bioventing. The model parameters were estimated independently through laboratory batch experiment...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Sui H,Li X,Huang G,Jiang B

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in surface soil samples from Zhejiang Province, east China. Concentrations of total PCBs ranged widely from 7.50 to 263 ng kg(-1) with a mean value of 45.4 ng kg(-1) (dry matter basis). In general, concentrations in soil samples from the southern part of the test area a...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Gao J,Luo Y,Li Q,Zhang H,Wu L,Song J,Qian W,Christie P,Chen S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-six trace elements in coastal Casuarina equisetifolia plant-soil systems at nine sampling sites on Hainan Island were analyzed using ICP-MS. The relationships among the trace elements of the same group or the same periodicity of the Periodic Table in the plants and soils were complex and no consistent patterns w...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Liu Q,Bi H,Hung L,Peng S,Sheng C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An argument is presented in which areas of natural arsenic contamination of modern groundwaters throughout Asia have a common origin. Arsenic originally accumulated in oceanic ferro-manganoan sediments of the eastern Palaeo-Tethys. This was further concentrated through oceanic crustal extinction in what later became t...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Stanger G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated variations in heavy metal contamination of stream waters and groundwaters affected by an abandoned lead-zinc mine, where a rockfill dam for water storage will be built 11 km downstream. For these purposes, a total of 10 rounds of stream and groundwater samplings and subsequent chemical analyses we...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Lee JY,Choi JC,Lee KK

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of electrokinetic (EK) remediation technology has been successfully demonstrated for the remediation of heavy metal-contaminated fine-grained soils through laboratory scale and field application studies. Arsenic contamination in soil is a serious problem affecting both site use and groundwater quality. T...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Kim SO,Kim WS,Kim KW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several factors controlling the soil radon level in the present site were found to be changing air-filled porosity caused by fluctuations in moisture content, differences between the atmospheric and soil temperatures as well as volumetric (226)Ra content of the soil. The radon activity increased significantly in early...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Fujiyoshi R,Kinoshita M,Sawamura S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jurassic ironstones outcropping over parts of eastern England give rise to soils with arsenic concentrations in excess of the UK soil guideline value of 20 mg kg(-1) for residential areas. Total arsenic concentrations were determined for 73 ironstone derived soils and bioaccessible arsenic determined using an in vitro...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Palumbo-Roe B,Cave MR,Klinck BA,Wragg J,Taylor H,O'Donnell KE,Shaw RA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations living in the Southwest United States are more likely to be exposed to elevated drinking water arsenic levels compared to other areas of the country. Skin changes, including hyperpigmentation and generalized hyperkeratosis, are the most common signs of chronic arsenic ingestion from drinking water. The pur...

journal_title：Environmental geochemistry and health

authors： Tollestrup K,Frost FJ,Cristiani M,McMillan GP,Calderon RL,Padilla RS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00