Ecological risk of heavy metals in permafrost-affected soils and lichens, Yamal Peninsula

• Main Authors: Цзи Сяовэнь, Ji Xiaowen
• Other Authors: Абакумов Евгений Васильевич, Аbаkumov Evgenii Vаsilevich
• Language: Russian
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Арктический регион; вечная мерзлота; загрязнение; тяжелые металлы; Arctic region; permafrost-affected soil; pollution; heavy metals; Arctic; Yamal Peninsula; Human health; permafrost; Ямал
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/14666

A combined method was utilized to determine the pollution level and human health risk potential of heavy metals in soils and lichens from the Arctic region of the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. 39 soil samples and 5 lichen samples were analyzed for 8 heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Cd, Zn, Ni, Mn, Cr, and Hg) durin...