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ArticleScientific reports2020

Arsenic pollution in Quaternary sediments and water near a former gold mine.

Łukasz Stachnik, Bartosz Korabiewski, Jerzy Raczyk, Michał Łopuch, Iwo Wieczorek

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Łukasz StachnikDepartment of Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Wrocław, Wojciecha Cybulskiego 34, Wrocław, 50-205, Poland. Lukasz.Stachnik@gmail.com.
Bartosz KorabiewskiDepartment of Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Wrocław, Wojciecha Cybulskiego 34, Wrocław, 50-205, Poland.
Jerzy RaczykDepartment of Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Wrocław, Wojciecha Cybulskiego 34, Wrocław, 50-205, Poland.
Michał ŁopuchDepartment of Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Wrocław, Wojciecha Cybulskiego 34, Wrocław, 50-205, Poland.
Iwo WieczorekDepartment of Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Wrocław, Wojciecha Cybulskiego 34, Wrocław, 50-205, Poland.
University of Wrocław · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contamination of water and sediments with arsenic and heavy metals is a global issue affecting human health. Regions covered with Quaternary deposits have received little attention from the point of view of the flux of arsenic and heavy metals from sediments to surface water. This study aims to determine the flux of arsenic and other heavy metals from Quaternary sediments to surface waters in an area affected by the former Złoty Stok gold and arsenic mine. Contamination in surface waters and sediments was caused by arsenic, whereas concentrations of metals were usually within water quality standards. Arsenic contamination of surface water increased in the lower part of the basin covered by Quaternary sediments, and exceeded water quality standards by 2 orders of magnitude. Arsenic mass flux exceeded 8 kg/day near the confluence of the Trująca River with the Nysa Kłodzka, a main tributary of the Oder River. An increase in arsenic concentration in the lower part of the basin is related to mine tailings and preferential flow of groundwater through Quaternary sediments. In future, water resources scarcity may lead to an increase in arsenic contamination in surface and groundwater.

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