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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (02): 374-385.

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Distribution and Influencing Factors of Cadmium Geochemical Fractions of Soils at Carbonate Covering Area in Hengxian and Xiangzhou of Guangxi

LIU Xu1(), GU Qiubei1, YANG Qiong1, YU Tao1(), ZHANG Qizuan2   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Guangxi Bureau of Geology and Mineral Prospecting and Exploitation, Nanning, Guangxi 530023, China
  • Received:2016-10-16 Revised:2017-02-18 Online:2017-04-10 Published:2017-04-25

Abstract:

The carbonate covering area is about 96,372 km2, accounting for about 40.7% of district land area in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The heavy metals in soil formed from the carbonate weathering were enriched commonly, such as cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg). Preliminary evaluation results showed that there was no corresponding relation between Cd uptake of crops and Cd content in soil. Crops which exceed food safety standards always grew in the soil with low Cd content.Soil with high Cd content generally contained bauxite, Fe-Mn nodules and other particles.In order to discuss factors affecting geochemical fractions of Cadmium, we determined geochemical fractions of cadmium and other soil properties in two study areas in relation to bauxite and Fe-Mn nodules. Soils in the Hengxian area were with bauxite and Fe-Mn nodules. Soils in the Xiangzhou area were without bauxite and Fe-Mn nodules.The results show that: (1) In Xiangzhou area, the Cd content of soil was mainly bounded to mobile fraction and the bioavailability of Cd was high. In Hengxian area, Cd was mainly bounded to residue fraction, the bioavailability was low.(2) Soil pH and organic matter were important factors controlling the Cd mobility.Soil pH value 6.0 is the abrupt change point of the Cd mobility,contents of ion-exchange Cd reached maximum in soil pH value 6.0 in Xiangzhou soils. The percentage of mobile fraction Cd was increasing with soil pH decreasing in Hengxian soils. (3) Cd in mobile fraction was correlated positively with organic matter in Xiangzhou soils, which indicated that Cd is weakly adsorbed by organic matter in soil. Cd fraction has no obvious correlation with organic matter in Hengxian soil. (4) The Cd content of soil with bauxite was high, which occurred in the residual fraction in Hengxian. So, it was not harmful to animals or plants.

Key words: Guangxi, carbonate, cadmium fractions, pH, organic matter

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