Assessment of Trace and Rare Earth Elements Pollution in Water Bodies in the Area of Rare Metal Enterprise Influence: A Case Study—Kola Subarctic

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Eugenia Krasavtseva, Sergey Sandimirov, Irina Elizarova, Dmitriy Makarov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: Lovozero tundra; geochemistry; surface waters; bottom sediments; pollutants; rare earth elements; Hydraulic engineering; TC1-978; Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes; TD201-500; Lovozero; Sergevan’; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w14213406; https://doaj.org/article/6aca7fab8443477e825e5749f0376e6f

An extended study of the chemical composition of surface waters and lakes bottom sediments, which are affected to varying degrees by an enterprise that mines and processes rare metal ores in the Lovozero tundra, was carried out. Using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, the content of trac...