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SUBMITTER: Rognerud S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3758812 | biostudies-other | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ambio 20130219 6
A large copper-nickel smelter complex is located at the Kole Penninsula, Russia, close to the Norwegian border. Trace-element concentrations in surface sediments (0-0.5 cm) and pre-industrial sediments from 45 lakes in the region were used to uncover spatial deposition patterns and contamination factor of sediments. Elevated concentrations were found, especially for Ni and Cu, but also for Pb, Co, Hg, As, and Cd. Highest concentrations were found up to 20 km from the smelter, but the concentrati ...[more]