Geoquímica

Environmental impact and geochemical behavior of soil contaminants from an industrial waste landfill in Southern Brazil
P. V. Augustin & A. P. Viero

Environmental Earth Sciences
ISSN 1866-6280
Environ Earth Sci
DOI 10.1007/s12665-012-1597-z

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Environ Earth Sci
DOI 10.1007/s12665-012-1597-z

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Environmental impact and geochemical behavior of soil contaminants from an industrial waste landfill in Southern Brazil
P. V. Augustin Jr. • A. P. Viero

Received: 11 February 2011 / Accepted: 2 February 2012
Ó Springer-Verlag 2012

Abstract Industrial waste landfills produce great impacts on soil and groundwater. There are many industrial waste landfills in Vale dos Sinos, Southern Brazil, which were inadequately planned and maintained since the industry started in the first half of the twentieth century. The largest industrial landfill in the Valley, which causes the most severe impacts on soil and groundwater, is the subject of this paper, which studies the environmental impacts and behavior of contaminants in soil. The landfill was carefully mapped on a scale of 1:1,000; 88 samples were collected from soil probes; the leachate of three samples was comprehensively analyzed; and soils mineralogy and chemistry were studied. Few studies have been made on this landfill. This study shows widespread contamination of soil in the surrounding areas of the landfill. Chromium,