ISSN:
1573-2932
Keywords:
Sulphur pollution
;
geostatistics
;
Russia
;
spatial variability
;
GIS
;
probability maps
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract Soils around sulphur producing factories may be contaminated with increased Sulphur, Vanadium and Arsenic caused by industrial fall-out. In this study, attention is focused on the pollution around an isolated factory in Russia. Soils, water in ponds and plants have been sampled in different landscape units and at different distances from the factory. An analysis of variance was used to detect the spatial impact of the major polluting factors. Geostatistical procedures were applied to construct probability maps for the exceedance of critical environmental levels. Mineral sulphur, which does barely occur in unpolluted chernozems shows a clear spatial structure, whereas Arsenic and Vanadium did not show any spatial dependencies. Highest values in the soil were observed at 1–2 km from the factory, and are probably caused by the spread from the factory chimney. By means of this study it was possible to estimate the pollution effects of an isolated factory without disturbances from other pollution sources.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00283564
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