Contamination of soils with Cu, Na and Hg due to the highway and railway transport

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18393/ejss.284266" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.18393/ejss.284266</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.18393/ejss.284266" target="_blank" >10.18393/ejss.284266</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Contamination of soils with Cu, Na and Hg due to the highway and railway transport

Original language description

Contamination of soils with three metals due to the highway and railway transport was studied. Copper was selected as a suitable indicator for both kinds of transportation. Sodium served to assess the level of contamination resulting from the road salting in winter. Mercury was determined in samples taken close to the railway in order to test its release from impregnated wooden ties. All analytes were determined using the methods of the trace element analysis; values are expressed as dry matter. The highest concentrations of copper, sodium and total mercury in soil samples were 52.7 mg/kg, 770 mg/kg and 0.181 mg/kg respectively. The highest copper content was observed in soils taken close to the railroad and the highway. Elevated sodium levels originated from winter road salting ? the highest winter value was 770 mg/kg as compared with maximal summer value of 416 mg/kg. The concentration of total mercury in soils depended on the type of railway ties used ? the highest values for location with wooden and concrete ties were 0.181 mg/kg and 0.145 mg/kg, respectively. Wooden railroad ties are considered as a potential source of mercury because of impregnation with antifungal mercury compounds.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Eurasian Journal of Soil Science

ISSN

2147-4249

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

TR - TURKEY

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

59-64

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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