by icia icia

Objectives:
The project’s main objective is the comparative evaluation of soil contamination with metals in industrial areas of France and Romania, using multi-elemental and isotopic fingerprinting.

OBJECTIVES Main objective: Identification and comparison of metal pollution patterns in soils from industrial areas of France and Romania.

Specific objectives:

  • methods for the determination of stable isotopes to identify metal fluxes in industrial areas
  • evaluation of stable as isotopes for the fingerprinting of pollution sources
  • multielemental and isotopic fingerprinting of pollution sources from France and Romania
  • results dissemination
DESCRIPTION Soil is the major receptor for metals generated by anthropogenic activities. Due to metals toxicity and persistence, soil contamination with metals is an important issue, especially in industrial areas, where emissions, wastewaters and wastes with high metal loads act as the main pollution vectors. The project’s main objective is the comparative evaluation of soil contamination with metals in industrial areas of France and Romania, using multi-elemental and isotopic fingerprinting. The project will allow the development of pollution fingerprinting, identification of pollution tracers, source apportionment of polluting metals and establishment of a database with pollution sources fingerprints. The consortium consists of two research institutions with expertise in the assessment of environmental pollution by metals. Project results will allow the increase of the expertise of the team members in advanced analytical techniques for the determination of stable isotopes will underpin the development of new collaborations and will help increase the visibility of research in the two countries.
RESULTS ESTIMATED
  • Isotopic ratio determination methods,
  • Multielemental fingerprint of soil in polluted areas,
  • Pollution sources fingerprint,
  • Metal pollution tracers for industrial areas in Romania and France,
  • Papers and communications.
RESULTS OBTAINED STAGE 1 (2015)
Development of methods for isotopic ratios determination, identification of pollution tracers in industrial areas, and multielemental fingerprintingA1.1 Development of methods for isotopic ratios determinationA1.2 Visit of the French team to the Romanian partner. Assessment of metal pollution in Romanian industrial areas. Identification of isotopes that can be used for pollution tracing.
A1.3 Visit of the Romanian team to the French partner. Assessment of metal pollution in French industrial areas. Identification of isotopes that can be used for pollution tracing. STAGE 2 (2016)
Isotopic fingerprinting of pollution sources in industrial areas in Romania and France

A2.1 Visit of Romanian team to French partner. Determination of isotopic ratio in industrial wastes. Isotopic fingerprinting of pollution sources in French industrial areas.

A2.2 Visit of French team to the Romanian partner. Determination of isotopic ratio in industrial wastes. Isotopic fingerprinting of pollution sources in Romanian industrial areas.
A2.3 Comparative assessment of pollution fingerprint in the studied areas. Results dissemination. 

RESULTS OBTAINED

  • Isotopic ratio determination methods for 207Pb/206Pb, 208Pb/206Pb, 87Sr/86Sr, 88Sr/86Sr
  • Multielemental fingerprint of pollution sources (tailings and contaminated waters)
  • Isotopic fingerprint of pollution sources
  • Tracers of metal pollution in industrial areas in Romania and France.
  • Papers and communications: 4 invited lectures, 5 communications at international conferences, 4 papers: 1 in journal with impact factor, 1 in ISI indexed proceedings, 2 in journals indexed in other databases.

Invited lectures:

1. ”Elements and Isotopes: What can be measured in GET lab and how”, 29 April 2015, Cluj-Napoca, author: Dr. Jerome Chmeleff
2.”Use of Zn stable isotopes to constrain metal transfer within natural environments impacted by anthropogenic activities”, 29 April 2015, Cluj-Napoca, author: Prof. Dr. Jerome Viers,
3.”Research directions, infrastructure and projects related to environment quality assessment and monitoring in ICIA”, 21 July 2015, Toulouse, author: dr. Erika-Andrea Levei.,
4.”Comparison of metal pollution patterns in soils from industrial areas of France and Romania”, 18.10.2016, Cluj-Napoca, author: Prof. Dr. Jerome Viers

Conference presentations:

1. M.L. Andrei, M. Senila, M.A. Hoaghia, G. Borodi, E.A. Levei, Study of Cu and Pb Partitioning in Mine Tailings Using the Tessier Sequential Extraction Scheme, 10th International Conference Processes in Isotopes and Molecules, Cluj-Napoca 23 – 25 September 2015 (poster),
2. M.L. Andrei, M.A. Hoaghia, M. Senila, E.A. Levei, D. Ristoiu, Aassessment of Aries River water quality upstream and downstream of the mining area, International Conference “Environmental Legislation, Safety Engineering and Disaster Management”, Cluj-Napoca, 26 – 28 May 2016 (poster),

3. E.A. Levei, M.A. Hoaghia, M. Senila, C. Tanaselia, M. Miclean, J. Viers, J. Chmeleff, Multielemental fingerprinting of tailings from nonferrous mining areas, International Conference “Environmental Legislation, Safety Engineering and Disaster Management”, Cluj-Napoca, 26 – 28 May 2016 (poster),
4. M.A. Hoaghia, E. Levei, O. Cadar, C. Roman, M. Senila, C. Tanaselia, D. Ristoiu, Metals contamination and ecological risk assessment of urban soils situated near a former non-ferrous metallurgical plant, International Conference “Environmental Legislation, Safety Engineering and Disaster Management”, Cluj-Napoca, 26 – 28 May 2016 (poster),
5. M. Senila, D. Micu, A. Hoaghia, E. Levei, O. Cadar, G. Kucsicsa, D. Balteanu, Multivariate statistical analysis of water chemistry in wells from Curvature Sub-Carpathians, Romania,International Conference “Environmental Legislation, Safety Engineering and Disaster Management”, Cluj-Napoca, 26 – 28 May 2016 (poster).

Articles:

1. E.A. Levei, T. Frentiu, M. Ponta, M. Senila, O.T. Moldovan, Assessment of pollutants input of acid mine drainage and domestic activities in Aries River water, Romania –a chemometric approach, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2015, 14 (11), 2567-2576 (Impact factor 1,008),

2. M.L. Andrei, M. Senila, M.A. Hoaghia, G. Borodi, E.A. Levei, Study of Cu and Pb partitioning in mine tailings using the Tessier sequential extraction scheme, 10th International Conference Processes in Isotopes and Molecules (PIM 2015), AIP Conf. Proc. 1700, 030001-1–030001-5; doi: 10.1063/1.4938434 (ISI proceedings),
3. M. Senila, D. Micu, A. Hoaghia, E. Levei, O. Cadar, G. Kucsicsa, D. Balteanu, Multivariate statistical analysis of water chemistry in wells from Curvature Sub-Carpathians, Romania,Advances in Environmental Sciences -International Journal of the Bioflux Society, accepted paper (journal indexed in international databases).
4. C. Tanaselia, E. Levei, A. Hoaghia, Lead and strontium isotopic ratio method development using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, Agriculture – Science and Practice Journal,accepted paper (journal indexed in international databases).

Bilateral visits:

Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, France:
Dr. Erika Levei, dr. Marin Senila and drd. Alexandra Hoaghia – 20-24.07.2015
Dr. Erika Levei, dr. Claudiu Tanaselia and drd. Alexandra Hoaghia – 29.08-03.09.2016

INCD-INOE 2000, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Prof. dr. Jerome Viers and dr. Jerome Chmeleff – 27-30.04.2015
Prof. dr. Jerome Viers, dr. Jerome Chmeleff and ing. Cyril Zouiten – 17-21.10.2016
Other Informations Contact:
Dr. Erika Andrea Levei
Email: erika.levei@icia.ro
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