Geochemical characterization of soil samples from gold mining areas using PIXE spectroscopy

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 4924-4937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Samuel Olise ◽  
Samuel Adedigba Adeojo ◽  
Oyediran Kayode Owoade ◽  
Oyebamiji Oyedele Oketayo ◽  
Solomon Adeniyi Adekola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Geochemical Characterization ◽  
Mining Areas

Preliminary Research on Chrome Pollution in Farmland Surface Soil around Gold Mining Area

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 1667-1671
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Surface Soil ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Spectrometric Method ◽  
Average Content ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Preliminary Research ◽  
Atomic Absorption Spectrometric

Zhaoyuan city, Shandong Province, is a city rich in mineral resources. In order to study the pollution characteristics of chrome in soil around gold mining area near Zhaoyuan City, the surface soil samples were gathered. The chrome content in soil samples was determined by atomic absorption spectrometric method. The results show that the range of chrome contents in surface soil around gold mining areas are from 7.54mg/kg to 54.23mg/kg, with the average content being 23.11mg/kg. There is an obvious positive correlation between the chrome contents in the surface soil samples and their corresponding value of the organic matter, and there is no relationship between the chrome content in soils and their corresponding value of pH and CEC. The result indicated that chrome pollution of surface soil in gold mining areas is not particularly serious.

scholarly journals Identifying an efficient bacterial species and its genetic erosion for arsenic bioremediation of gold mining soil

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lamyai Neeratanaphan ◽  
Tawatchai Tanee ◽  
Alongklod Tanomtong ◽  
Bundit Tengjaroenkul
Keyword(s):  
Contaminated Soils ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Genetic Erosion ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Mining Soil

Abstract To improve bioremediation of arsenic (As) contamination in soil, the use of microorganisms to efficiently reduce As and their assessment of genetic erosion by DNA damage using genomic template stability (GTS) evaluation and using RAPD markers were investigated. The five sites examined for microorganisms and contaminated soils were collected from affected gold mining areas. The highest As concentration in gold mining soil is 0.72 mg/kg. Microorganism strains isolated from the gold mining soil samples were tested for As removal capacity. Two bacterial isolates were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and morphological characteristics as Brevibacillus reuszeri and Rhodococcus sp. The ability to treat As in nutrient agar (NA) at 1,600 mg/L and contaminated soil samples at 0.72 mg/kg was measured at 168 h, revealing more efficient As removal by B. reuszeri than Rhodococcus sp. (96.67% and 94.17%, respectively). Both species have the capacity to remove As, but B. reuszeri shows improved growth compared to the Rhodococcus sp. B. reuszeri might be suitable for adaptation and use in As treatment. The results are in agreement with their genetic erosion values, with B. reuszeri showing very little genetic erosion (12.46%) of culture in As concentrations as high as 1,600 mg/L, whereas 82.54% genetic erosion occurred in the Rhodococcus sp., suggesting that Rhodococcus sp. would not survive at this level of genetic erosion. Therefore, B. reuszeri has a high efficiency and can be used for soil As treatment, as it is capable to tolerate a concentration of 0.72 mg/kg and as high as 1,600 mg/L in NA.

scholarly journals Environmental Survey of the Distribution and Metal Contents of Pteris vittata in Arsenic–Lead–Mercury-Contaminated Gold Mining Areas along the Bone River in Gorontalo Province, Indonesia

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 530
Author(s):  
Nurfitri Abdul Gafur ◽  
Masayuki Sakakibara ◽  
Satoru Komatsu ◽  
Sakae Sano ◽  
Koichiro Sera
Keyword(s):  
Density Distribution ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Pteris Vittata ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Environmental Survey ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Metal Contents

In this paper, we report ecological and environmental investigations on Pteris vittata in the As–Pb–Hg-polluted Bone River area, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. The density distribution of P. vittata decreases from around the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) site to the lower reaches of the Bone River, and it is rarely found near Gorontalo City. The maximum concentrations of As, Hg, and Pb recorded in the soil samples were 401, 36, and 159 mg kg−1, respectively, with their maximum concentrations in P. vittata recorded as 17,700, 5.2, and 39 mg kg−1, respectively. Around the ASGM sites, the concentrations of As, Pb, and Hg in P. vittata were highest in the study area. These data suggest that P. vittata, a hyperaccumulator of As, may be useful as a bioindicator for assessing environmental pollution by Pb and Hg.

The Importance of Geochemical Characterization of Repository Host Horizons for Radioactive Waste Disposal: Saligny Repository Site for L/ILW, Romania

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioana Anghel ◽  
Crina Bucur ◽  
Stuart D. Ware ◽  
Margarit Pavelescu
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Diffusion Coefficients ◽  
Tritiated Water ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Liner Material ◽  
Geochemical Characterization ◽  
Cesium 137 ◽  
And Diffusion

The Saligny Site, situated in the vicinity of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant in Romania, has been chosen as a repository site for placement of future Low and Intermediate Level Nuclear Waste. Scientific investigations are on going to help assess the long-term performance of the nuclear waste repository and include the development of a site conceptual model, geochemical characterization of the proposed liner material and the geologic formations surrounding the repository. Geochemical characteristics of the proposed waste site and of repository liner material are essential information in providing key model parameters needed to determine the mechanisms and rates for the potential release and transport of radionuclides in the environment. A series of laboratory sorption and diffusion experiments in support of the site conceptual model were run at Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA and Institute for Nuclear Research, Romania. These experiments compared responses of cesium-137 and tritiated water as radionuclides, and included natural soil samples from Saligny site and cement liner material. Sorption experiments focused on studying the affinity of cesium-137 for soil samples from: a clay rich loess horizon, a compacted red clay horizon and a Portland type cement, proposed as liner for the repository. A Saligny synthetic water was used for the soil sorption experiments. For the cement sorption and diffusion experiments, NaCl 10mM water was necessary in order to avoid insolubility problems at the high pH (around 12) when in contact with the cement. Preliminary studies of the geochemistry for radionuclide-soil matrix and radionuclide-concrete liner interactions were obtained through the sorption and diffusion experiments. The sorption isotherms were linear for all samples with high Kd values for soil samples and low values for the cement. Mineralogical information obtained through quantitative X-ray diffraction (QXRD) analysis, for the studied soil samples were in agreement with the sorption results. The high amount of clay present in the soil samples was determined to be the main contributor for the strong sorption. Diffusion cells were prepared for comparing hydrologic response characteristics for tritiated water and cesium-137, through the measurement of diffusion coefficients as influenced by the soil and cement matrices. Tritiated water and cesium-137 diffusion coefficients were determined from the change in radionuclide concentration profile over time while diffusing through the soil or cement matrix, and were found in agreement with the values listed in literature findings.

Characterization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) extracted from soils by hot water percolation (HWP)

2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Takács ◽  
Gy. Füleky
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Humic Acid ◽  
Natural Organic Matter ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Soil Extracts ◽  
Water Percolation ◽  
Soil Humic Acid

The Hot Water Percolation (HWP) technique for preparing soil extracts has several advantages: it is easily carried out, fast, and several parameters can be measured from the same solution. The object of this study was to examine the possible use of HWP extracts for the characterization of soil organic matter. The HPLC-SEC chromatograms, UV-VIS and fluorescence properties of the HWP extracts were studied and the results were compared with those of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS) Soil Humic Acid (HA), IHSS Soil Fulvic Acid (FA) and IHSS Suwannee Natural Organic Matter (NOM) standards as well as their HA counterparts isolated by traditional extraction methods from the original soil samples. The DOM of the HWP solution is probably a mixture of organic materials, which have some characteristics similar to the Soil FA fractions and NOM. The HWP extracted organic material can be studied and characterized using simple techniques, like UV-VIS and fluorescence spectroscopy.

PENGEMBANGAN TEKNOLOGI SELEKSI IN VITRO BERULANG (REPEAT CYCLING–IN VITRO SELECTION) TOLERAN STRES KEKERINGAN UNTUK PERBAIKAN MUTU GENETIK DAN PRODUKSI TANAMAN KEDELAI BERMIKORIZA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
Ahmad Riduan ◽  
Rainiyati Rainiyati ◽  
Yulia Alia
Keyword(s):  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizae ◽  
In Vitro Selection ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Single Spore ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
Single Spore Culture ◽  
Spore Culture ◽  
Glomus Sp

Every plant rhizospheres in any ecosystem there are various living microorganisms including Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Fungi (AMF).  An isolation and characterization is required to investigate the species or type of the AMF. This research was aimed at studying the isolation and characterization of AMF sporulation in soybean rhizospheres in Jambi Province. The results of evaluation on soil samples before trapping showed that there are spores from three genus of AMF twelve types Glomus , two types Acaulospora and one type of Enthrophospora.  Following single spore culture in soybean rhizosphere, 5 spore types were obtained:  Glomus sp-1, Glomus sp-4, Glomus sp-7, Glomus sp-8 Glomus sp-10.

HIGH ENERGY SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROSPECTROSCOPY FOR GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TERRESTRIAL AND EXTRATERRESTRIAL SAMPLES

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Lanzirotti ◽  
◽  
Stephen R. Sutton ◽  
Matt Newville ◽  
Jeffrey P. Fitts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
Geochemical Characterization ◽  
X Ray
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