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Contemporary Problems of Ecology

2012 year, number 6

Heavy Metals in the Soil of Ust-Kamenogorsk in the Republic of Kazakhstan

L. S. Boluspaeva1, M. S. Panin2
1 Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University
2 Semiрalatinsk State Pedagogical Institute
boluspaeva82@mail.ru, pur@sgpi.kz
Keywords: soil, heavy metals, buffer capacity of soil, physicochemical characteristics of soil, total pollution index
Pages: 803-810

Abstract

Total content of heavy metals Zn, Pb, Cu, Cd in soil in Ust-Kamenogorsk (Republic of Kazakhstan) was determined. The mosaic character of heavy metal content depending on emission sources was revealed. The areas of the city having the maximal accumulation of heavy metals were detected.