Geochemical and Mineralogical Investigation of Elevated Arsenic and Trace Elements in Soils and Sediments of New Jersey Inner Coastal Plain
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2024-04
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Trenton, N.J. : Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Science and Research
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Soil cores were collected in 2018 at four locations in the Burlington-Bordentown-Hamilton region of central New Jersey to examine occurrences of elevated concentrations of arsenic (As), vanadium (V), and other metals at various depths in this region. Chemical analyses by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and by portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF), and mineralogical studies by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning-electron microscopy (SEM) were performed on collected soil samples to evaluate geologic factors that may control the distribution of the high As and V zones in soils.
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New Jersey, Arsenic - Environmental aspects, Trace Elements, Soils - Trace element content, New Jersey - Coastal plain