Soil mercury pollution in the area surrounding the state oil refinery of Aspropirgos Greece

dc.contributor.author	Haidouti, C	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:42:07Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:42:07Z
dc.date.issued	1991	en
dc.identifier.issn	03418162	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/437
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dc.subject.other	airborne contamination	en
dc.subject.other	mercury	en
dc.subject.other	oil refinery	en
dc.subject.other	particle size separation	en
dc.subject.other	soil pollution	en
dc.subject.other	Greece, Aspropirgos	en
dc.title	Soil mercury pollution in the area surrounding the state oil refinery of Aspropirgos Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	1991	en
heal.abstract	The airborn contamination of soils with Hg was evaluated near the state oil refinery of Aspropirgos-Attiki, Greece. High levels of mercury enrichment were found in the upper 0-5 cm. The contamination is particularly heavy near the contaminating source and falls off with the distance. DTPA, 0.5 N NaHCO3 and 1 N HCl were used in order to determine available Hg, weakly organic bound Hg and strongly adsorbed Hg, respectively. The analysis showed that small amounts of mercury existed in an easily soluble state. Mercury occurs in soils mostly in the form of poorly soluble compounds. Particle size separations showed that more than 50% of the total mercury content is confined to separate 0.001-0.005 and <0.001 mm of diameter, and density gradient centrifugation indicated that mercury in soils is generally associated with organomineral fractions <2.8 g/cm3. © 1991.	en
heal.journalName	Catena	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.volume	18	en
dc.identifier.spage	1	en
dc.identifier.epage	10	en