Statistical parameters in assessing ecological and geochemical state of the Kolpashevo-Turukhan mineragenic zone eastern part

• Published in: Bulletin of the Tomsk Polytechnic University Geo Assets Engineering
• Main Authors: Elena V. Peregudina, Igor S. Sobolev, Natalya V. Baranovskaya
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Tomsk Polytechnic University 2023
• Subjects: Soil; vegetation; leaves; aspen; dust pollution; rare earth elements; Engineering geology. Rock mechanics. Soil mechanics. Underground construction; TA703-712; Turukhan; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18799/24131830/2023/11/4305; https://doaj.org/article/cf894d4a38814c05b1714b2e05b85c7d

The relevance. The required statistical identification of natural and anthropogenic biogeochemical anomalies when conducting ecological and geochemical studies on the territories of buried exogenous ores with a weak anthropogenic pressure. The difficulty of their identification according to their sources is related to a similar litho-siderophilic geochemical specialization of sedimentary rocks of iron ore, titanium-zirconium formations and modern soils of taiga zone landscapes. Moreover, the research implemented a method for biomaterial sample preparation. This method is aimed at obtaining the possibility of using a biomaterial sample as a natural indicator to reveal the aeolian and dust aerosol substance intake. As a result, there is an urgent need to involve steps in biogeochemical data statistical processing that allows one qualitatively differentiate the effects of chemical elements concentration via root nutrition and dust accumulation on the leaves. The aim. Statistical assessment of content variability and relationships of chemical elements in aspen leaves in the zone of anthropogenic influence of transport roads crossing the localization areas of buried iron ore deposits of the Bakcharsko-Kolpashevo ore district, Kolpashevo-Turukhan mineragenic zone. Qualitative biogeochemical identification of biomaterial enrichment through root and dust in areas of anomalous concentration of chemical elements using data on accumulation of rare earth elements. Objects. Soil, leaves of common aspen (Populus tremula L., 1753). Methods. Regional biogeochemical and lithochemical sampling was carried out in three profiles along local roads with asphalt and unpaved surfaces at the entrances to settlements. The sampling points common for the methods were shifted off the roads at a distance of at least 20 m to undisturbed landscapes. After sample preparation, the concentration of 28 chemical elements in the samples was determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis. The interpretation of geochemical data was based on ...