Brusca, L

CALABRESE, Sergio

Daskalopoulou, Kyriaki

D’Alessandro, W

Kyriakopoulos, K

MILAZZO, Silvia

PARELLO, Francesco

Tassi, F

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Geophysical Research AbstractsVol. 16, EGU2014-9535, 2014EGU General Assembly 2014© Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License.Preliminary results of trace elements mobility in soils and plants from theactive hydrothermal area of Nisyros island (Greece)Kyriaki Daskalopoulou (1), Sergio Calabrese (2), Silvia Milazzo (2), Lorenzo Brusca (3), Walter D’Alessandro(3), Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos (1), Franco Tassi (4), and Francesco Parello (2)(1) Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,Greece(kdaskalopoulou@hotmail.com), (2) Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DiSTeM), University of Palermo, Italy,(3) Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) Palermo, Italy, (4) Department of Earth Sciences, University ofFlorence, ItalyTrace elements, i.e. chemical constituents of rocks with concentration <1000 ppm, play a structural role inthe organisms and use proteins as a carrier to their target site. Their toxicity depends on their concentration,speciation and reactions with other elements. In volcanic environments, significant amounts of trace elementsdischarged from gas emissions, contribute to produce air particulate. Nisyros Island is a stratovolcano located atthe South Aegean active Volcanic Arc. Intense hydrothermal activity characterise the Lakki caldera. In particular,the fumaroles located in the craters of Stefanos, Kaminakia, Lofos Dome and the area comprising Phlegeton,Polyvotes Micros and Polyvotes Megalos discharge hydrothermal fluids rich in H2O (91– 99%), SO2 and H2S.Their temperatures are almost 100o C and H2S is highly abundant accounting for 8-26 % of the released dry gasphase.On June 2013, during a multidisciplinary field trip on Nisyros island, 39 samples of top soils and 31 of en-demic plants (Cistus Creticus and Salvifolius and Erica Arborea and Manipuliflora) were collected in the calderaarea, with the aim to investigate the distribution of concentrations of trace elements related to the contributionof deep originated fluids. Moreover, one sample of plant and soil was collected outside the caldera as localbackground, for comparison. All the soil samples were powdered avoiding metal contamination and they wereextracted twice, using HNO3 + HCl for one extraction (closed microwave digestion) and ultrapure de- ionizedwater for the other one (leaching extraction). The leaves of plants were gently isolated, dried and powdered foracid microwave extraction (HNO3 + H2O2). All the solutions were analysed for major and trace elements contentsby using ionic chromatography (IC) and inductively plasma spectrometry (ICP-MS and ICP-OES).The preliminary results showed high enrichment of many trace elements both in plant and soils respect tothe local background, in particular for Tl, Rb, Zn, Mn, As, Pb, Se, Bi, Al. The highest concentrations were foundboth in soils and plants close to the most active fumarolic areas of Stefanos, Kaminakia and Polyvotes and alsoclose to the Geothermal Drill (exploration well). Moreover, both soils and plants showed a good correlationbetween Cu-Zn, Cu-Pb, Bi-Pb, Ba-Sr, Bi-Tl, Ti-Al, Ni-Al, Tl-As, Te-Tl, Te-Se as well as REE’s. From thecomparison between Cistus sp. and Erica sp. we found a significant enrichment in the former respect to the latter,making Cistus sp. the most suitable plant for biomonitoring studies at Nisyros.

Preliminary results of trace elements mobility in soils and plants from the active hydrothermal area of Nisyros island (Greece)

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