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  • Spatial distribution of Hg in Pra River Basin, Southwestern Ghana using HF acid combination method [Elektronski vir]
    Odumah Hood, Christiana ...
    The study assessed the spatial distribution of total mercury (THg) in soils, sediments, mining wastes, and Au-rich Hg-contaminated tailings from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) from ... Offin, Lower and Upper Pra, Birim, and Anum Rivers, Pra River Basin, Southwestern Ghana. THg measurement using Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (CVAAS) after acid digestion with HNO3/HCl/HF and k0-INAA, as a reference method, and both provided comparable results. A digestion method, HNO3/HClO2/H2SO4 acid mixture before CVAAS provided lower results, which indicates that the use of HF is of fundamental importance in THg analysis based on acid digestion and its omission may significantly underestimate the presence of Hg in soils and sediments. THg in soils, sediments, Au-rich Hg-contaminated tailings, and mining wastes from the river basin were liberated into a solution for measurement using HNO3/HCl/HF. The study revealed Offin and Lower Pra Rivers showed high distribution (ranges; mg Hg kg−1) of THg in soils (103–770) and sediments (0.20–20.8), respectively; Upper Pra and Anum rivers showed the lowest THg in soils (2.20–3.20) and sediments (0.004–0.02), respectively. About 76.0% of THg in sediments was lower than the USEPA guideline of 0.2 mg Hg kg−1. The highest mean THg (mg Hg kg−1) in Au-rich Hg-contaminated tailings (1673 ± 4.8, n = 4) and mining wastes (17.3–21.5) were from the river Offin. The study showed Offin (Dunkwa-on-Offin site 1) and Lower Pra (Beposo Township) rivers are Hg hotspots that need attention.
    Vir: Environmental monitoring and assessment [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 1573-2959 (Vol. 195, iss. 5, article no. 604, May 2023, str. 1-20)
    Vrsta gradiva - e-članek ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2023
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 150328579

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    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-023-11122-y#Abs1
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