Fractionation and distribution of risk elements in soil profiles at a Czech shooting range

C. Ash, V. Tejnecký, O. Šebek, K. Němeček, L. Žahourová-Dubová, S. Bakardjieva, P. Drahota and O. Drábek
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C. Ash: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
V. Tejnecký: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
O. Šebek: Laboratories of the Geological Institutes, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
K. Němeček: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
L. Žahourová-Dubová: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
S. Bakardjieva: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
P. Drahota: Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
O. Drábek: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2013, vol. 59, issue 3, 121-129

Abstract: The fractionation and vertical distribution of risk elements in soil profiles at a shooting range characterized by alkaline soil were studied. High loading rates of lead (Pb) and antimony (Sb) were observed in the upper 30 cm of soil. Copper (Cu) contents are elevated compared to control soil but do not exceed guideline limits for agricultural soil. Zinc (Zn) and nickel (Ni) did not occur in excessive levels; however, easily mobilizable Zn fraction was higher in surface samples, whereas Ni appears to be relatively immobile. Pb and Cu loading in surface soils can be identified as fraction distributions are easily distinguished from those of non-polluted soils. At the firing line Cu, Sb and Zn are most abundant whereas Ni and Pb are concentrated at the target zone. S equential extraction procedures proved effective for the monitoring of shooting range soils. However, data should be backed by other scenario dependent analyses to confirm the environmental fate of shooting range contaminants.

Keywords: lead; inorganic contaminants; BCR sequential extraction; soil probe; alkaline soil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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