Stable isotope tracing of Ni and Cu pollution in North-East Norway: Potentials and drawbacks

Environmental Pollution
Hana ŠillerováMichael Komárek

Abstract

The use of Ni and Cu isotopes for tracing contamination sources in the environment remains a challenging task due to the limited information about the influence of various biogeochemical processes influencing stable isotope fractionation. This work focuses on a relatively simple system in north-east Norway with two possible endmembers (smelter-bedrock) and various environmental samples (snow, soil, lichens, PM10). In general, the whole area is enriched in heavy Ni and Cu isotopes highlighting the impact of the smelting activity. However, the environmental samples exhibit a large range of δ(60)Ni (-0.01 ± 0.03‰ to 1.71 ± 0.02‰) and δ(65)Cu (-0.06 ± 0.06‰ to -3.94 ± 0.3‰) values which exceeds the range of δ(60)Ni and δ(65)Cu values determined in the smelter, i.e. in feeding material and slag (δ(60)Ni from 0.56 ± 0.06‰ to 1.00 ± 0.06‰ and δ(65)Cu from -1.67 ± 0.04‰ to -1.68 ± 0.15‰). The shift toward heavier Ni and Cu δ values was the most significant in organic rich topsoil samples in the case of Ni (δ(60)Ni up to 1.71 ± 0.02‰) and in lichens and snow in the case of Cu (δ(65)Cu up to -0.06 ± 0.06‰ and -0.24 ± 0.04‰, respectively). These data suggest an important biological and biochemical fractionation (microorganisms and/or meta...Continue Reading

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Jun 26, 2021·Journal of Hazardous Materials·Ali El-NaggarScott X Chang

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