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11761400

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
In the Mansfeld region (Central Germany) copper mining contributed to an enormous pollution of the environment. Metal- and sulphate-bearing sediments and leachates emerge from the former copper smelters and mining waste heaps, spread along local rivers and finally reach the Saale river. A sulphur isotope study on water and stream sediments was performed along the River "Böse Sieben" and from its tributaries to determine the different sulphur sources. Four major sulphur sources exist in the area: metal sulphide mineralisations (Kupferschiefer), met alliferous sulphidic flue dust, slag, and anhydrite and gypsum of Permian and Triassic age. We obtained delta34S(SO4)-values in water samples varying from +4 per thousand to -18 per thousand CDT, clearly reflecting the input of sulphate from different sources. Sulphate from the oxidation of sulphidic mining residues is restricted to the mining area and cannot be traced for more than 5 km downstream. The major source for sulphate is the dissolution of gypsum and anhydrite. The sulphur isotope composition in dissolved and sedimentary adsorbed sulphate differs only slightly from each other. Microbial dissimilatory sulphate reduction can not be excluded in the shallow sediment layers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1025-6016
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
101-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2002-10-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Origin and distribution of sulphate in surface waters of the Mansfeld mining district (Central Germany)--a sulphur isotope study.
pubmed:affiliation
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department of Hydrogeology, Germany. strauch@hdg.ufz.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article