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X-ray fluorescence and X-ray radiometry represent easy and simple methods to determine concentrations of heavy metals in the ash of peat soils contaminated with oil and can be applied for soil monitoring purposes. Oil spills on peat bogs produce two contamination zones differing in the composition of heavy metals. In the zone of primary contamination, the peat surface is covered by a bitumen crust with V, Ni, Sr, Ba, Ce, and La accumulating there. This zone adjoins the zone of secondary peat contamination, where heavy alkaline-earth metals (Sr, Ba) and lanthanides (Ce and La) are accumulated to a lesser extent. Biological preparations recommended for remediation of oil-contaminated peat soils should be tolerant to high concentrations of heavy metals, particularly, V, Ni, and Ba that are present in the oil contaminated soils in relatively high amounts.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.N. Vodyanitskii, A.T. Savichev, S.Ya. Trofimov, E.A. Shishkonakova, 2012, published in Pochvovedenie, 2012, No. 10, pp. 1109–1114.
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Vodyanitskii, Y.N., Savichev, A.T., Trofimov, S.Y. et al. Accumulation of heavy metals in oil-contaminated peat soils. Eurasian Soil Sc. 45, 977–982 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229312100109
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