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Article Dans Une Revue Water, Air, and Soil Pollution Année : 2010

Dry Atmospheric Contribution to the Plant-Soil System Around a Cement Factory: Spatial Variations and Sources-a Case Study from Oman

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The present study determines the source of dust particles and investigates their impact on the chemical compositions of plants and soils around a cement factory in Oman within a radius of 10 km of this disturbed ecosystem. A total number of nine samples of the species of plants (Rhazya stricta), nine samples of soils, and nine samples of dust were collected and analyzed for major ions and trace elements including rare earth elements (REEs). Principal component analysis applied to the major and trace element concentrations in the dust indicated the input of at least two sources to the dust in the study area: ophiolites and cement. The REE distribution in the plants and soils revealed that the most available elements to plants originated dominantly from ophiolites rather than from cement. The contribution of cement industry is significant only in the zone located at about 0.500 to 2 km around the cement factory, whereas the contribution of ophiolites increases with distance from the cement factory.

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insu-00579420 , version 1 (23-03-2011)

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K. Semhi, S. Al-Khirbash, O. Abdalla, T. Khan, J. Duplay, et al.. Dry Atmospheric Contribution to the Plant-Soil System Around a Cement Factory: Spatial Variations and Sources-a Case Study from Oman. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2010, 205, pp.343-357. ⟨10.1007/s11270-009-0079-8⟩. ⟨insu-00579420⟩
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