Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 43: 25-30, doi: 10.3897/jbgs.2020.43.4
Pre-Monitoring Biogeochemical Research of the landscapes in the Area of Ada Tepe Gold Mining Site (Eastern Rhodopes)
Rumen Lyubenov Penin‡, Dimitar Zhelev‡ Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria
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Penin RL, Zhelev D (2020) Pre-Monitoring Biogeochemical Research of the landscapes in the Area of Ada Tepe Gold Mining Site (Eastern Rhodopes). Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 43: 25-30. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.2020.43.4 |  |
Abstract
The article depicts the biogeochemical properties of the landscapes in the area of the Ada Tepe gold mine (Krumovitsa River Catchment, Eastern Rhodopes) before its launching as an active ore-extraction site. The research is conducted by examination of heavy metals content in particular samples of representative native plant species in the local landscapes. The conducted research surveyed the content of 7 chemical elements (heavy metals) in the tissues of native plants from the landscapes in the Eastern Rhodopes. These microelements are generally prioritized in terms of environmental protection. The interpretation of the obtain results was made by applying the Coefficient of Biological Absorption (Ax). It is as a result of the proportions between the chemical content in the plant tissue (lx) and the chemical content in the local soil/bedrock (nx). By default, this coefficient represents the absorption (and accumulation) intensity of chemical elements in the plants.
Keywords
contamination, pollution, mining, plants, gold, environment, mountains