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Geochemical Baseline Mapping of Soils Developed on Diverse Bedrock from Two Regions in Croatia

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Title (Dublin Core)

eng Geochemical Baseline Mapping of Soils Developed on Diverse Bedrock from Two Regions in Croatia

Description (Dublin Core)

eng The comparison of contents and distribution maps for Al, As, Ba, Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, La, K, Na, Ni, Mg, Mn, P, Pb, Sc, Sr, Ti, Th, V, Y, Zn and Hg in the topsoil cover of two typical regions are given. One is a carbonate bedrock (karst) dominated region (southern Dalmatia) and the other a non-carbonate bedrock dominated region (NW Croatia). The results imply that the soils developed on carbonate bedrock have higher mean values of almost all elements excluding K, Na, Mg and Ba, which are lower in carbonate terrains. In comparison with the non-carbonate terrains, for the carbonate terrains the following elements have higher mean concentrations: Al, As, Co, Cu, Fe, La, Mn, Pb, Ni, Mn, Th, V, Cr, Zn, Zr and Nb, while Sr, P and Ti have similar contents. Approximately 4% of the sites can be considered as moderately enriched (polluted) in Pb, either from mining activities or airborne deposition. Only a limited number of sampling sites can be directly linked with mineralization. The derived factors are usually interpreted as associations of elements that imply a common source or behavior in regard to geogenic or anthropogenic influences. It was found that difference between the northwestern Croatia and southern Dalmatia is not expressed only by concentration differences but also by element associations. Five factor models accounting most of the data variability seemed appropriate to portray the geochemical variability within the topsoil of both regions

Creator (Dublin Core)

Miko, S.
Halamić, J.
Peh
Galović, L.

Subject (Dublin Core)

eng Geochemical baseline mapping; Soils; Environmental geochemistry; Heavy metals; Pollution; Karst; Carbonate and non-carbonate bedrock; Factor analysis; Croatia

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Croatian Geological Survey

Date (Dublin Core)

2001

Type (Dublin Core)

text
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Format (Dublin Core)

application/pdf

Identifier (Dublin Core)

https://hrcak.srce.hr/3860
eng https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/6360

Source (Dublin Core)

Geologia Croatica
ISSN 1330-030X (Print)
ISSN 1333-4875 (Online)
Volume 54
Issue 1

Language (Dublin Core)

eng

Rights (Dublin Core)

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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