currently all the waste produced are collected and transferred to the only landfill of tehran,aradkooh (kahrizak), that is located in the south of tehran. this landfill has been in use for over 45 years that has received over 35 million tons of waste during its life. in the present investigation 40 soil samples were collected from aradkooh landfill to know about the origin of metals. the sample...

This paper describes the concentration of selected heavy metals (Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in the Mamut river sediments and evaluate the degree of contamination of the river polluted by a disused copper mine. Based on the analytical results, copper showed the highest concentration in most of the river samples. A comparison with Interim Canadian Sediment Quality Guidelines (ICSQG) and Germany Sedi...

Chemical weathering indices are commonly used for characterizing weathering profiles by incorporating bulk major element oxide chemishy inlo a single metric for each sample. Generally, on homogeneous parent rocks, weathering indices change systematically with depth. However, the weathering of heterogeneous metamorphic rocks confounds the relationship between weathering index and depth. In this ...

Present study aims to unravel the hydro geochemical interaction of sediment and water of Saheb bandh lake, West Bengal, India with an emphasis on heavy metal assessment. Lake water belongs to Ca2+–HCO3− type hydro geochemical faces and water-rock interaction primarily controls the lake water chemistry. Based on different Hydro chemical characteristics it is suggested that silicate weathering is...

Abstract Purpose The aim of the study was calculation geochemical, ecological, and ecotoxicological indices for assessment risk resulting from presence trace metals in soil. Methods Around 320 soil points were determined tests by regular square-grid method with a square side equal to 7.5 km. A total 11 used, including 6 geochemical indices, 1 index assessing potential ecological risk, 4 ecotoxi...

The geochemical model PHREEQC is capable of simulating a wide range of equilibrium reactions between water and minerals, ion exchangers, surface complexes, solid solutions, and gases. It also has a general kinetic formulation that allows modeling of nonequilibrium mineral dissolution and precipitation, microbial reactions, decomposition of organic compounds, and other kinetic reactions. To faci...