Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil
Soil, a key component linking the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, plays a vital role in sustaining human life and terrestrial systems globally. However, soil contamination by toxic trace metals is worsening worldwide due to urbanisation and industrialisation, posing serious risk...
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| description | Soil, a key component linking the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, plays a vital role in sustaining human life and terrestrial systems globally. However, soil contamination by toxic trace metals is worsening worldwide due to urbanisation and industrialisation, posing serious risks to ecosystems and human health. Elevated trace metal levels harm the soil’s biological properties, disrupt food chains, damage plants, and pollute groundwater. Assessments typically focus on total and geochemical baseline concentrations, which help distinguish natural from anthropogenic levels and calculate human contributions. When heavy metal levels exceed permissible limits, soil fertility declines, enzymatic activity is inhibited, and acidity changes. Long-term mining and extraction cause severe environmental pollution and ecological damage, but remain essential for supplying critical raw materials to modern technologies. Growing demand for resources drives innovation, including advanced waste recycling technologies. Mining and metallurgical waste, such as flotation tailings, red mud, and slag landfills accumulate and create significant environmental challenges. Various processing methods are applied to treat these wastes, but they remain a persistent problem. Advances in landfill processing are critical, motivating ongoing research worldwide. This Reprint will particularly address acid mine drainage treatment and acidic water neutralisation, involving hydrometallurgists and hydrogeologists. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1748492026-04-16T17:00:03Z Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil Alijagić, Jasminka Stopic, Srecko Geochemistry Soil contamination Metallurgy Environmental risk assessment Bauxite Mining pollution Toxic element contamination thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UM Computer programming / software engineering::UMC Compilers and interpreters thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQK Pollution control Soil, a key component linking the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere, plays a vital role in sustaining human life and terrestrial systems globally. However, soil contamination by toxic trace metals is worsening worldwide due to urbanisation and industrialisation, posing serious risks to ecosystems and human health. Elevated trace metal levels harm the soil’s biological properties, disrupt food chains, damage plants, and pollute groundwater. Assessments typically focus on total and geochemical baseline concentrations, which help distinguish natural from anthropogenic levels and calculate human contributions. When heavy metal levels exceed permissible limits, soil fertility declines, enzymatic activity is inhibited, and acidity changes. Long-term mining and extraction cause severe environmental pollution and ecological damage, but remain essential for supplying critical raw materials to modern technologies. Growing demand for resources drives innovation, including advanced waste recycling technologies. Mining and metallurgical waste, such as flotation tailings, red mud, and slag landfills accumulate and create significant environmental challenges. Various processing methods are applied to treat these wastes, but they remain a persistent problem. Advances in landfill processing are critical, motivating ongoing research worldwide. This Reprint will particularly address acid mine drainage treatment and acidic water neutralisation, involving hydrometallurgists and hydrogeologists. 2026-04-16T16:59:55Z 2026-04-16T16:59:55Z 2025 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725856299_4 9783725856299 9783725856305 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/174849 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/11729 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5630-5 10.3390/books978-3-7258-5630-5 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725856299 9783725856305 148 CH open access |
| spellingShingle | Geochemistry Soil contamination Metallurgy Environmental risk assessment Bauxite Mining pollution Toxic element contamination thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UM Computer programming / software engineering::UMC Compilers and interpreters thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQK Pollution control Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil |
| title | Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil |
| title_full | Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil |
| title_fullStr | Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil |
| title_short | Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil |
| title_sort | geochemical characteristics and contamination risk assessment of soil |
| topic | Geochemistry Soil contamination Metallurgy Environmental risk assessment Bauxite Mining pollution Toxic element contamination thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UM Computer programming / software engineering::UMC Compilers and interpreters thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQK Pollution control |
| topic_facet | Geochemistry Soil contamination Metallurgy Environmental risk assessment Bauxite Mining pollution Toxic element contamination thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UM Computer programming / software engineering::UMC Compilers and interpreters thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQK Pollution control |
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