IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v15y2018i12p2631-d185247.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Release of Antimony from Mine Dump Soils in the Presence and Absence of Forest Litter

Author

Listed:
  • Karolina Lewińska

    (Department of Soil Science and Remote Sensing of Soils, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, ul. Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznań, Poland)

  • Anna Karczewska

    (Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, ul. Grunwaldzka 53, 50-357 Wrocław, Poland)

  • Marcin Siepak

    (Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, ul. Krygowskiego 12, 61-680 Poznań, Poland)

  • Bernard Gałka

    (Institute of Soil Science and Environmental Protection, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, ul. Grunwaldzka 53, 50-357 Wrocław, Poland)

Abstract

This study examined the changes in antimony (Sb) solubility in soils, using organic matter introduced with forest litter, in various moisture conditions. Soils containing 12.8–163 mg/kg Sb were taken from the top layers of dumps in former mining sites in the Sudetes, South-West Poland. Soils were incubated for 90 days either in oxic or waterlogged conditions, with and without the addition of 50 g/kg of beech forest litter (FL). Water concentrations of Sb in some experimental treatments greatly exceeded the threshold values for good quality underground water and drinking water, and reached a maximum of 2.8 mg/L. The changes of Sb solubility caused by application of FL and prolonged waterlogging were, in various soils, highly divergent and in fact unpredictable based on the main soil properties. In some soils, the application of forest litter prompted the release of Sb from soil solid phase, while in the others it acted contradictorily. Soil waterlogging resulted, in most cases, in the increased release of Sb compared to oxic conditions, and this effect was enhanced by the addition of forest litter. However, in two soils the presence of forest litter counteracted the effects of waterlogging and diminished the quantities of released Sb.

Suggested Citation

  • Karolina Lewińska & Anna Karczewska & Marcin Siepak & Bernard Gałka, 2018. "The Release of Antimony from Mine Dump Soils in the Presence and Absence of Forest Litter," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:12:p:2631-:d:185247
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2631/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/12/2631/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Shuting Zhao & Taoran Shi & Akihiko Terada & Shohei Riya, 2022. "Evaluation of Pollution Level, Spatial Distribution, and Ecological Effects of Antimony in Soils of Mining Areas: A Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-25, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:12:p:2631-:d:185247. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.