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<p>The aim of the study was to assess the contamination of selected heavy metals in cultivated soils of the Odra river floodplain. The heavy metals Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd and Pb were determined in soil samples collected in the autumn of 2020 - after the vegetation period of plants from designated measurement points. Concentrations of the analytes were measured using an atomic absorption spectrometer (F-ASA). A comparison was made between concentrations of heavy metals in soil samples collected from areas flooded in 1997 and from areas flooded as a result of rainfall, snowmelt and winter floods. The results of the studies were compared with the data for soils taken from non-flooded areas. The studies confirmed enrichment of soils subjected to precipitation, snowmelt and winter floods in heavy metals. Also samples taken from two measurement points located on floodplains of the Odra river were characterised by high concentrations of Zn, Cd and Pb.</p>
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The aim of the study was to assess the contamination of selected heavy metals in cultivated soils of the Odra river floodplain. The heavy metals Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd and Pb were determined in soil samples collected in the autumn of 2020 - after the vegetation period of plants from designated measurement points. Concentrations of the analytes were measured using an atomic absorption spectrometer (F-ASA). A comparison was made between concentrations of heavy metals in soil samples collected from areas flooded in 1997 and from areas flooded as a result of rainfall, snowmelt and winter floods. The results of the studies were compared with the data for soils taken from non-flooded areas. The studies confirmed enrichment of soils subjected to precipitation, snowmelt and winter floods in heavy metals. Also samples taken from two measurement points located on floodplains of the Odra river were characterised by high concentrations of Zn, Cd and Pb.

The Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination of the Cultivated Soils in the Odra River Floodplain

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Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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The aim of the study was to assess the contamination of selected heavy metals in cultivated soils of the Odra river floodplain. The heavy metals Mn, Fe, Cu,...

The Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination of the Cultivated Soils in the Odra River Floodplain

Published Online: Jan 21, 2022

Page range: 55 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2021-0004

Keywords
soil, floodplain, Odra river, heavy metals, atomic absorption spectrometry

© 2021 Aleksandra Michalak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination of the Cultivated Soils in the Odra River Floodplain

Published Online: Jan 21, 2022

Page range: 55 - 64

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2021-0004

Keywordssoil, floodplain, Odra river, heavy metals, atomic absorption spectrometry

© 2021 Aleksandra Michalak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
soil, floodplain, Odra river, heavy metals, atomic absorption spectrometry