Geochemical baselines and risk assessment of the Bagnoli brownfield site coastal sea sediments (Naples, Italy)

Il lavoro descrive lo stato di contaminazione degli arenili e dei sedimenti marini antistanti il sito industriale di Bagnol

The GIS-aided colour composite maps of the Naples metropolitan area (Italy)

Mapping of toxic elements in Naples soils using GIS tool

The GIS-aided colour composite maps of the Naples metropolitan area (Italy)

Il lavoro riporta carte tri-componenti di diversi elementi metallici compilate con l'ausilio del GIS su dati analitici di suoli dell'area metropolitana di Napol

An ecological risk assessment on coastal sea sediments at the Bagnoli brownfield site (Italy)

Evaluation of the ecological risk assessment in the coastal sea sediments facing the brownfield area of Bagnoli, Naples, Ital

Assessment of the top soils degree of contamination in the Sarno river basin, south Italy

The Sarno River basin area is one of the most polluted in Europe and it is due to thewaste products of the tomato industry, the leather tanneries and the pharmaceutical industry. This area also has been densely populated and urbanized since the Middle Bronze Age, as testified by the presence of numerous archaeological sites, including the ancient Pompeii town, and environmental degradation that characterizes the area is absolutely unacceptable. This paper represents a detailed study to assess the potentially harmful elements (PHEs) content of topsoils. In total, 283 soil samples were collected and analysed, after an aqua regia extraction, by a combination of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission (ICP-AES) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for 53 elements. Univariate and multivariate analyses were carried out in order to show the single-element geochemical distribution and the distribution of factor scores of the elemental associations resulting from R-mode factor analysis. Maps showing elements and the association factor score distributions have been obtained using GeoDAS and ArcGIS software. The assessment of the soil contamination was also carried out using the contamination factor and degree of contamination. The results obtained indicate that soils pollution has different anthropogenic sources. Specifically, Cr pollution derive from tanneries discharging wastewaters in the main water bodies of the basin while Cu contamination seems to depend by widespread agricultural practices. Tin, Pb, Hg, Zn, Cd, Sb anomalies are found mainly in urban and industrial areas, sometimes close to roads with high traffic levels while there is a substantial coincidence with background values for other elements (Co, Ni, Se, Tl and V)

Atlante geochimico–ambientale dei suoli della Campania

L’Atlante illustra i risultati ottenuti dalle indagini sui suoli superficiali della Campania. Su un’area di 13.595 Km2 sono stati raccolti 3.535 campioni di suolo e analizzati con una metodologia che combina l’ICP–MS (Spettrometria di massa al plasma accoppiato induttivamente) e l’ICP–ES (Spettrometria a emissione al plasma accoppiato induttivamente). Per ogni elemento chimico sono riportate le proprietà, le applicazioni, gli effetti sulla salute, nonché la distribuzione geochimica in Campania. Le carte geochimico–ambientali che compongono il volume rappresentano una “fotografia” risalente al momento del campionamento e potranno essere utilizzate in futuro come riferimento per la valutazione dell’impatto ambientale delle attività antropiche presenti sul territorio. Sono anche uno strumento di notevole valenza ambientale, soprattutto per quanto concerne la valutazione dei tenori di fondo (background) dei vari elementi chimici esaminati

Advancements in urban geochemical mapping of the Naples metropolitan area: colour composite maps and results from an urban brownfield site

The book contain invited articles dealing with urban geochemical mapping, with contribution spanning from dedcription of sample sampling and preparation for both inorganics and organics analyses; quality of chemical data; source of anthropogenic contaminants; influence of pollution on health; regulation and administartion of soil pollution; different contribution on case histories in different urban areas of the world (Oslo, Berlin, Sachsen-Anhalt, Naples, Madrid, Tallinn, Prague, Ljubljana, Lavrion, Trondheim, Belgrade, Denver, Beira, Hong Kong, Nigeria)