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- Title
An approach to quantify heavy metals and their source apportionment in coal mine soil: a study through PMF model.
- Authors
Singh, Shubham; Maiti, Subodh Kumar; Raj, Deep
- Abstract
Mining activities in the opencast coal mines contaminate the surrounding soil by releasing coal dust containing heavy metals (HMs). The objective of the present study was to quantify the concentration of HMs like Fe, Cu, Mn, Ni, Cr, Zn, and Co in soil on profile and distance basis in the vicinity of the coal mines. This research also proposed the synthesis application of positive matrix factorization (PMF) model for the quantitative assessment of pollution sources. The results showed that the soil was more affected due to the presence of Cr in mining areas., and the contamination factor (Cf) of Cr was high at the edge of coal mine. It was observed from the study that Cf of the HMs was decreased with the increase in distance from the mine edge. The application of PMF model demonstrated that the contributions of Zn (4.2%), Ni (16.8%), and Mn (100%) were maximum in the pollution. The study concluded that soil contamination is inexorable due to opencast coal mining activities, and it can be mitigated by developing a green belt or through the process of ecological restoration and phytoremediation.
- Subjects
COAL mining; MINE soils; COAL dust; SOIL pollution; SOIL profiles; SOILS
- Publication
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 2023, Vol 195, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0167-6369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10661-023-10924-4