In the past 20–30 years, deterioration in soil qualityDeterioration in soil quality has become a serious environmental issue. Rapid industrialization and mining activitiesMiningactivities/y have triggered the deterioration of soil quality. Owing to these anthropogenic activities, soil is exposed to contaminants, such as heavy metals (HMs)Heavy metals (HMs) (Xiao et al., Land Degradation & Development 31:1969–1989, 2020; Raj and Maiti, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191:566, 2019), which, in turn, result in the degradation of soil quality as well as soil fertility.

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Impact of Heavy Metal Pollution on Soil and Groundwater Quality in the Vicinity of Coal Mines

  • Deep Raj,
  • Kousik Das

摘要

In the past 20–30 years, deterioration in soil qualityDeterioration in soil quality has become a serious environmental issue. Rapid industrialization and mining activitiesMiningactivities/y have triggered the deterioration of soil quality. Owing to these anthropogenic activities, soil is exposed to contaminants, such as heavy metals (HMs)Heavy metals (HMs) (Xiao et al., Land Degradation & Development 31:1969–1989, 2020; Raj and Maiti, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191:566, 2019), which, in turn, result in the degradation of soil quality as well as soil fertility.