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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1002/aheh.200400622
Titel (primär) The effects of mining in Northern Romania on the heavy metal distribution in sediments of the rivers Szamos and Tisza (Hungary)
Autor Kraft, C.; von Tümpling, W. ORCID logo ; Zachmann, D.W.
Quelle Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
Department FLOEK
Band/Volume 34
Heft 3
Seite von 257
Seite bis 264
Sprache englisch
Keywords Pollution;tailing;binding form;speciation /contamination;stability
Abstract

The breach in the dam of a tailing pond in the processing plant of a gold mine in Baia Mare (NW Romania) in January 2000 lead to an ecological disaster in the rivers Szamos and Tisza. It was mainly caused by the released slurries containing cyanides and heavy metals. The investigation of surface sediment samples and depth profiles of the years 2000 and 2001 documented the pollution of the rivers Szamos and Tisza on Hungarian territory. In the Szamos and large areas of the Tisza floodplains a significant enrichment with the heavy metals Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn is existent. The identification of the binding forms with sequential extraction showed that Cd and Zn exist in an easily available form. Therefore the remobilization is possible and an environmental hazard in the downstream areas must be considered. The anthropogenically caused portions of heavy metal concentrations decrease considerably with increasing distance to the mining region. The comparison of the concentrations of heavy metals in both years shows that the pollution is not only caused by the accident in January 2000. The increase of concentrations is based on the permanent input of pollutants into the rivers. The pollution is mainly caused by the erosion of exposed tailing dumps and the poor maintenance of the treatment plants.

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Kraft, C., von Tümpling, W., Zachmann, D.W. (2006):
The effects of mining in Northern Romania on the heavy metal distribution in sediments of the rivers Szamos and Tisza (Hungary)
Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 34 (3), 257 - 264 10.1002/aheh.200400622