Metals, metalloids and ions determination in size-fractionated soils collected in an industrial city of Argentina

ANABELLA MORALES DEL MASTRO; MARCELO PEREYRA; PATRICIA SMICHOWSKI; LAURA DAWIDOWSKI

Merida

Simposio; 13th Rio Symposiumon Atomic Spectrometry; 2014

In the city of Bahía Blanca (Argentina), semiarid soils are affected by industrial and agricultural activities, traffic and increasing urbanization. In this study 16 soil samples (superficial and sub-superficial) were collected and then sieved in two fractions (A Ca > Na+ > Mo > SO42-, dominated the variability indicating that these are key chemical markers for future assessment of airborne particles in the area. The chemical profiles of topsoil obtained in this study will be used to study soil resuspension as a source of airborne particulate matter in a forthcoming receptor model analysis.