Geochemistry of lead contaminated wetland soils amended with phosphorus |
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| Authors: | Daniel G Strawn Patrick Hickey Andrew Knudsen Leslie Baker |
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| Institution: | (1) Soil and Land Resources Division, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339, USA;(2) Lawrence University, PO Box 599, Appleton, WI 54912-0599, USA |
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| Abstract: | To remediate Pb contaminated soils it is proposed that phosphorus can be amended to the soils to transform the Pb into poorly
soluble Pb-phosphate mineral phases. However, remediation strategies must account for variable Pb speciation and site-specific
factors. In this study soil mineralogy and Pb speciation in soils from P-amended field trials at sites within the Coeur d’Alene
River Basin in Idaho, USA were investigated. The soils are contaminated from mining activities and are enriched with Fe and
Mn. Selective extraction of the soils indicated that the Fe oxides are poorly crystalline. XRD of the soil clay size fractions
identified quartz, muscovite, kaolinite, siderite, lepidocrocite, and chlorite minerals. Amendment with P fertilizer dissolved
the siderite. No Pb–phosphate minerals were detected by XRD. Electron microprobe analysis showed direct correlations between
Pb, Fe, and Mn in the unamended soils, and negative correlations between Pb and Si. Lead and Mn were strongly correlated.
In the amended soils Fe and P were strongly correlated. Results indicate that the Pb is associated with poorly crystalline
Fe and Mn oxides, and that added P is primarily associated with Fe oxide phases. Comparisons of pore water Pb concentrations
with chloropyromorphite and plumbogummite solubility suggest that in the phosphate-amended soils the pore waters are undersaturated
in these phases, whereas several of the control soil pore waters were oversaturated, indicating the added phosphate suppressed
the Pb solubility. Results from this research provide insight into the geochemistry occurring in the P-remediated soils that
will help in making management and remediation decisions. |
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| Keywords: | Lead Iron oxides Manganese oxides Pyromorphite Wetland soils Coeur d’ Alene |
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