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Geoscience ›› 2019, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (03): 525-534.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2019.03.06

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Arsenic Input Flux in Farmland Soil of 9 Counties in the Middle East of Guangxi

CHEN Xue1,2(), YANG Zhongfang1(), CHEN Yuelong1, YANG Qiong1, WANG Lei3,4, WEI Xueji5,4   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences , Beijing 100083, China
    2. Gold Geological Institute of CAPF, Langfang , Hebei 065000, China
    3. Geology Team No.4 of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomic Region, Nanning, Guangxi 530031, China
    4. Project Office of Land Quality Geochemical Assessment of Guangxi, Nanning, Guangxi 530023, China
    5. Guangxi Geophysical Investigation Institute, Liuzhou , Guangxi 545005, China
  • Received:2018-10-30 Revised:2019-02-18 Online:2019-06-23 Published:2019-06-24
  • Contact: YANG Zhongfang

Abstract:

The input fluxes of As in farmland soil of 9 counties in the middle east of Guangxi were studied.By integrating various factors, the authors took the atmospheric wet and dry depositions, fertilizers and irrigation water as As inputs.Calculation results show that the atmospheric wet and dry depositions and the fertilizers fluxes are about the same, which of the average fluxes are 9.92 g/(hm2·a) and 7.83 g/(hm2·a), while the irrigation water flux is much higher,which of the average flux is 14.98/g/(hm2·a).They contribute 30.31%, 23.92% and 45.77% of As in soil respectively. Their proportions are somewhat different among 9 counties of the study area.The irrigation and fertilizers in 6 counties are dominant, and the proportion of atmospheric wet and dry depositions is higher in the other 3 counties.Therefore, the irrigations is the main input way of As in the study area.Adequate attention should be paid to the water quality controlling.Ignoring the outputs, it is estimated that the As content in farmland soil may increase by 0.01 mg/kg due to the present average flux of arsenic.The proportion of annual As increment in farmland soil is very small, so outside-sourced As will cause little change in As distribution in soil in a short time.The soil of the study area has low pH value and high iron oxides content, so the bioavailability of As is low when it is imported into farmland soil.

Key words: input flux, As, farmland soil, Guangxi

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