Geological Environment and Engineering
Abbas Fallah; Soroush Modabberi; Alireza Sayyareh; amir ali Tabakh shabani
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For study the effects of traffic and urban pollution on heavy metals concentration, 40 soil samples were collected in green areas of Karaj city with different uses and 5 samples as geochemical background were collected from unpolluted areas and margins of the city. The samples after preparation were ...
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For study the effects of traffic and urban pollution on heavy metals concentration, 40 soil samples were collected in green areas of Karaj city with different uses and 5 samples as geochemical background were collected from unpolluted areas and margins of the city. The samples after preparation were analyzed by ICP-OES method. Statistical data were analyzed by SPSS (version 21) software. Relation of elements and pollution indexes determined for noticeable elements in karaj city. The Statistical analysis indicate that the distribution of metal such as: Cd,Cr,Cu,Ni and Zn in soil of Karaj city are similar to each other and often in the central part of Karaj city( Jahanshaher garden , Family park) Compared to other regions is more. Heavy metals in farmland soil are lower than other lands (garden, park). These findings are matching with the results reported by other researchers (from other regions of world). As, S and Zn have different distribution than other listed heavy metals. The Mean value of Zn, P, Ni, Cu, Cr, Co and Cd in the central part of Karaj city is more than other regions. PI value in the Karaj city soil for various heavy metals are respectively as: As>S>P>Zn>Pb>Cu>Ni, Cr>Cd The heavy metals pollution index for Karaj is 1.75, which is one of the moderate pollution soils.
B Dahrazma; A Azarpeykan; S Modabberi; A Sayyareh
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Soil, as one of the important elements of lithosphere and a part of ecosystem plays a crucial role in the life cycle. The goal of the present research was to assess the influence of mineralization and abandoned Ay-ghalasi lead-zinc mine on the distribution of heavy metals and pollution in soil throughout ...
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Soil, as one of the important elements of lithosphere and a part of ecosystem plays a crucial role in the life cycle. The goal of the present research was to assess the influence of mineralization and abandoned Ay-ghalasi lead-zinc mine on the distribution of heavy metals and pollution in soil throughout the region. In this regard, 4 soil samples from tailing around the mine and 23 residual soil samples from whole basin, 5 to 20 cm depth, considering the stratigraphy of the region and the distance to the mine were taken. The ICP-OES techniques were employed to determine the concentration of heavy metals (Pb, Zn, As, Cd, Cu, and Ag) in tailing and residual soil samples. The results show that the mean concentration of the heavy metals namely Pb, Zn, As, Cd, Cu, and Ag are 9187.2, 9392.3, 630.8, 0.2, 1005.9 and 61.1 respectively (all in mg/kg), which all are higher than the mean of world soil (MWs) except for the Cd, and also higher than the Dutch standard except for the Ag. In the vicinity of the mine, the concentrations of the metals are high, decreasing with the distance from the mine and the mineral vein. The concentration of Pb, Zn, As, and Ag in the control samples were higher than the MWs and the Dutch standard that is an indication of high background concentration of these elements in the region. In terms of Geo-accumulation Index, Enrichment Factor, Contamination Factor, Contamination Degree, and Pollution Load Index, the soil of the mine area shows high to infinite level of contamination. The elements Pb, Zn, Cu, and Ag have a high Pearson correlation factor.
S Soleymani; M.H Mahmudy Gharaie2; F Ghasemzadeh; A Sayyareh
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Water quality assessment is very important in the area where water resources are used as drinking water. Monitoring of polluted waters and its distribution are applied in water management planning. It requires information on the location, the amount and distribution of chemical parameters on the samples ...
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Water quality assessment is very important in the area where water resources are used as drinking water. Monitoring of polluted waters and its distribution are applied in water management planning. It requires information on the location, the amount and distribution of chemical parameters on the samples from studied area. Identification of contaminant type, the sites, and also optimum use of water for different purposes are helpful. Thus, for these purpose six chemical parameters of TDS، SO42-، Cl-، Na+، Mg2+، Ca2+, which are referred by WHO standard were examined to apply for GQI method by GIS. The GQI method of groundwater quality evaluated and prepared a groundwater quality map in west region of kooh-sorkh. Values of GQI index vary between 82.9% to 94.8%, which indicate the groundwater quality placed in suitable to acceptable class of quality. Groundwater quality map indicate that GQI index values reduced from lateral sides to the center of studied region. It may be affected by geological factors such as lithology, current direction and also hydrothermal system in the area.
M. H. Razavi1; A. Sayyareh
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In the south of Bijar, north east of Sanandaj in the Kordestan Province, and in the Sanandaj-Sirjan structural zone, young volcanic rocks are present. In this area, rocks with Cretaceous, Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene ages are also observed. Based on field observations, volcanic activities occurred ...
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In the south of Bijar, north east of Sanandaj in the Kordestan Province, and in the Sanandaj-Sirjan structural zone, young volcanic rocks are present. In this area, rocks with Cretaceous, Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene ages are also observed. Based on field observations, volcanic activities occurred during two main stages. In the first stage, eruption of pyroclastic material made a volcanic cone and a crater. In the next stage, lava erupted. Volcanic rocks are a combination of trachy-andesite, andesite, andesite-basalt and basalt. In the magma poor in silica, presence of olivine and analcime and lack of orthopyroxene and pygeonite are the evidence of alkaline type magma series. Petrographical evidences such as the existence of gneiss xenoliths and quartz xenocrysts with reaction rims are the results of contamination processes. In terms of geochemistry, the variations of Rb, Sr, Pb and Hf confirm this phenomenon as well. Based on low topography of volcanic rocks, suture zone, strike-slip faults, and petrologic evidence, low degrees of partial melting in source and crustal contamination in the region, the magmatism occurred in a tensional tectonomagmatic environment. Local tension and opening along the strike-slip fault zone provided a way for ascending of magma to the earth surface.
