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- Title
Heavy metals and rare earth elements (REEs) in soil from the Nam Co Basin, Tibetan Plateau.
- Authors
Li, Chaoliu; Kang, Shichang; Wang, Xiaoping; Ajmone-Marsan, F.; Zhang, Qianggong
- Abstract
Twenty-eight soil samples collected from the Nam Co Basin, Tibetan Plateau, have been analyzed for heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb and Mn), arsenic (As) and rare earth elements (REEs). In addition, for establishing the basic physio-chemical characteristics of the soil, pH, total organic concentration, electrical conductivity, and effective cation exchange capacity were measured. The results indicate that soil in the Nam Co Basin is still at an early alkaline weathering stage (pH = 7.94). Mean concentrations of heavy metals and As decreased as follows: Mn > Cr > Zn > Pb > Ni > Cu > As > Cd. The values of Cd, Cr, As, Pb and REEs in soil from the Nam Co Basin are higher relative to averaged background values over China. The chondrite-normalized diagrams of REEs suggest high REE(ΣLa → Eu)—enrichment, HREE(ΣGd → Lu)—depletion and Eu—depletion. Vertical profiles indicate that both heavy metals (except As) and REEs primarily exist in the surface soil. However, heavy metals and REEs vary in the surface soil between the southern and the northern bank of Nam Co. These differences are controlled mainly by parent materials.
- Subjects
TIBETAN Plateau; CHINA; SOIL composition; HEAVY metals; RARE earth metals; HYDROGEN-ion concentration; CATIONS; WEATHERING; EUROPIUM; ARSENIC
- Publication
Environmental Geology, 2007, Vol 53, Issue 7, p1433
- ISSN
0943-0105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00254-007-0752-4