Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants

Vaněk, A.; Grösslová, Z.; Mihaljevič, M.; Trubač, J.; Ettler, V.; Teper, L.; Cabala, J.; Rohovec, Jan; Zádorová, T.; Penížek, V.; Pavlů, L.; Holubík, O.; Němeček, K.; Houška, J.; Drábek, O.; Ash, C.

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b01751

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Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants

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SYSNO ASEP	0464985
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Author(s)	Vaněk, A. (CZ) Grösslová, Z. (CZ) Mihaljevič, M. (CZ) Trubač, J. (CZ) Ettler, V. (CZ) Teper, L. (PL) Cabala, J. (PL) Rohovec, Jan (GLU-S)_{RID, SAI} Zádorová, T. (CZ) Penížek, V. (CZ) Pavlů, L. (CZ) Holubík, O. (CZ) Němeček, K. (CZ) Houška, J. (CZ) Drábek, O. (CZ) Ash, C. (CZ)
Source Title	Environmental Science and Technology - ISSN 0013-936X Roč. 50, č. 18 (2016), s. 9864-9871
Number of pages	8 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	environmental implications ; isotope ; fractionation ; combustion ; utility ; health ; oxides ; silver ; lead
Subject RIV	DD - Geochemistry
Institutional support	GLU-S - RVO:67985831
UT WOS	000384037900009
EID SCOPUS	84988592724
DOI	10.1021/acs.est.6b01751
Annotation	Here, for the first time, we report the thallium (Tl) isotope record in moderately contaminated soils with contrasting land management (forest and meadow soils), which have been affected by emissions from coal-fired power plants. Our findings clearly demonstrate that Tl of anthropogenic (high-temperature) origin with light isotope composition was deposited onto the studied soils, where heavier Tl (epsilon²⁰⁵Tl ∼ -1) naturally occurs. The results show a positive linear relationship (R² = 0.71) between 1/Tl and the isotope record, as determined for all the soils and bedrocks, also indicative of binary Tl mixing between two dominant reservoirs. We also identified significant Tl isotope variations within the products from coal combustion and thermo-desorption experiments with local Tl-rich coal pyrite. Bottom ash exhibited the heaviest Tl isotope composition (epsilon²⁰⁵Tl ∼ 0), followed by fly ash (epsilon²⁰⁵Tl between -2.5 and -2.8) and volatile Tl fractions (epsilon²⁰⁵Tl between -6.2 and -10.3), suggesting partial Tl isotope fractionations. Despite the evident role of soil processes in the isotope redistributions, we demonstrate that Tl contamination can be traced in soils and propose that the isotope data represent a possible tool to aid our understanding of postdepositional Tl dynamics in surface environments for the future.
Workplace	Institute of Geology
Contact	Jana Popelková, popelkova@gli.cas.cz, Sabina Janíčková, Tel.: 233 087 272
Year of Publishing	2017

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