Mobility of potentially harmful metals in latosols impacted by the municipal solid waste deposit of Londrina,Brazil |
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Authors: | Raquel Souza Teixeira Philippe Cambier Regina Davison Dias José Paulo Peccinini Pinese Anne Jaulin-Soubelet |
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Institution: | 1. Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Construção Civil, C.P.6001, 86055-900, Londrina/PR, Brazil;2. INRA – AgroParisTech, UMR, Environnement et Grandes Cultures, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France;3. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Pós-Graduação-ECV, Rua. João Pio Duarte s/n, Bairro Córrego Grande, 88040-970, Florianópolis/SC, Brazil;4. Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Geociências, C.P.6001, 86055-900, Londrina/PR, Brazil;5. INRA, UR251-PESSAC, Physicochimie et Ecotoxicologie des sols d’agrosystèmes contaminés, RD 10, 78000 Versailles, France |
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Abstract: | The contamination of soils by metals issuing from municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal in tropical environments has hardly been studied with regard to the particular problems associated with them, i.e., generally a high permeability of soils despite the abundance of clay, and the role of reactive Fe compounds. From a previous geotechnical and chemical survey, three latosol profiles differently affected by MSW leachates in the region of Londrina (Paraná, Brazil) were selected. The aims were to evaluate the extent of their contamination, to better understand the fate of potentially harmful metals in tropical soils and rank the determining factors. Samples between 0.5 and 7 m depth were analyzed for their physical, mineralogical and chemical properties, and their micro-morphology was described by optical and transmission electron microscopy. Two steps of a sequential extraction procedure helped to assess the mobility of elements and to better discriminate between metals originating from pedogenesis and issued from MSW. These combined approaches showed that exposed soil profiles have been impacted at various depths, down to 7 m, through increased metal content, especially enhanced mobility of Zn, Co, Mn, Cu and Fe, and through increased salinity and organic matter. The mobility of potentially harmful metals should decrease with pH, which significantly increased in some impacted horizons, but other factors can reverse this trend. |
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