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Content and Mobility of Metals in Oligotrophic Peat Soils of the Cryolithozone in Western Siberia

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The ongoing climate changes have the greatest impact on the natural ecosystems in high-latitude areas because climate warming and ever increasing anthropogenic load associated with the development of Arctic regions contribute to degradation of frozen peatlands and an increase in the seasonal thaw depth. The research into oligotrophic peat soils (Cryic Histosols) of the northern territories in Western Siberia is relevant because their degradation enriches natural waters with organomineral substances containing a large set of chemical elements, including heavy metals, thereby enhancing the changes in the hydrogeochemical properties of natural waters of the North. The paper describes the main properties of peat sampled from different horizons of soil profiles in the key areas covering the territory of the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrug from north to south and from west to east. The chemical composition of soils has been analyzed at the Institute of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry (Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) using standard methods. The concentrations of gross and mobile forms of metals (Fe, Ca, K, Na, Mg, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) have been determined using optical atomic emission spectrometry and flame atomic absorption spectrometry, respectively. A characteristic feature in the distribution of concentrations of the target chemical elements in oligotrophic peat soils in the northern part of Western Siberia is two maxima in soil profiles. The first maximum is confined to the upper horizons showing signs of degradation, while the second one is observed in the upper part of permafrost. Statistical analysis using principal component method shows that the low ash content, pH, and C/N ratio are associated with a high mobility of K, Cu, Zn, and Mg. The mobility of Fe, Mn, Pb, Cd, and Cr increases in the upper part of permafrost organogenic rock with an increase in the ash content, pH, and Ntot.

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Peat sampling was supported by the budget of the Tomsk Branch of the Trofimuk Institute of Oil and Gas Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, project no. 0266-2022-0016 and the chemical analysis of samples was supported by the Institute of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, project no. 121031700-316-9. Data interpretation was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 20-77-10084.

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Sokolov, D.A., Ivanova, I.S. & Siromlya, T.I. Content and Mobility of Metals in Oligotrophic Peat Soils of the Cryolithozone in Western Siberia. Eurasian Soil Sc. 56, 1925–1939 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229323602251

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