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The Influence of DOC on the Migration Forms of Elements and Their Sedimentation From River Waters at an Exploited Diamond Deposit (NW Russia)

Version 1 : Received: 3 May 2023 / Approved: 4 May 2023 / Online: 4 May 2023 (08:36:06 CEST)

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Malov, A.I.; Sidkina, E.S.; Cherkasova, E.V. The Influence of DOC on the Migration Forms of Elements and Their Sedimentation from River Waters at an Exploited Diamond Deposit (NW Russia). Water 2023, 15, 2160. Malov, A.I.; Sidkina, E.S.; Cherkasova, E.V. The Influence of DOC on the Migration Forms of Elements and Their Sedimentation from River Waters at an Exploited Diamond Deposit (NW Russia). Water 2023, 15, 2160.

Abstract

The development of mineral deposits causes changes that are comparable to natural exogenous geological processes, and in local areas of intensive mining activity prevail over them. In this article, a diamond deposit is selected, developed by quarries of great depth, and a forecast is made of the impact of drainage water discharge on changes in the composition of surface water and bottom sediments during the entire period of development of the deposit. Modeling was per-formed according to various scenarios, taking into account changes in the total dissolved solids of groundwater from 0.5 to 21.7 g/kg H2O. Thermodynamic calculations were carried out using the HCh software package. The role of dissolved organic carbon in the migration of chemical elements and the effect of DOC on the precipitation of chemical elements from mixing solutions is given. It has been established that fulvic acid completely binds to Fe in the Fe(OH)2FA– complex in all types of natural waters and under all mixing scenarios. With humic acid, such a sharp competitive complex formation does not occur. It is distributed among the various elements more evenly. It was determined that the mass of precipitating iron in the presence of DOC decreases by 18-27%, and its precipitation in winter is more intense. In contrast to Fe, precipitation of Ca, Mg, and C from solution with DOC is higher in summer, and there are more of them in solution in winter. This study contributed to a better understanding of the behavior of heavy metals in surface waters and sediments under anthropogenic pressures in order to improve the sustainable management of water resources in the face of anthropogenic activities.

Keywords

wastewater; river water; groundwater; migration species; bottom sediments; modeling

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Pollution

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