Zn speciation in a soil contaminated by the deposition of a dredged sediment by synchrotron X-ray techniques

M.-P. Isaure (1) , A. Manceau (2) , A. Laboudigue , N. Tamura (3) , M.A. Marcus

1 IPREM - Institut des sciences analytiques et de physico-chimie pour l'environnement et les materiaux
2 Environmental Geochemistry Group
3 NIFS - National Institute for Fusion Science

The nature and proportion of Zn species present in an agricultural soil overlaid by a dredged contaminated sediment have been untangled by the novel combination of three non-invasive synchrotron-based x-ray techniques: x-ray microfluorescence (μSXRF), microdiffraction (μXRD), and absorption spectroscopy (EXAFS). One primary (franklinite) and two secondary (phyllomanganate and phyllosilicate) Zn-containing minerals were identified in the initial soil, and another primary (ZnS) and a new secondary (Fe-(oxyhydr)oxide) Zn species in the covered soil. The quantitative analysis of EXAFS spectra recorded on bulk samples indicated that ZnS and Zn-Fe (oxyhydr)oxides amounted to 71±10% and 27±10%, respectively, and the other Zn species to less than 10%. The two new Zn species found in the covered soil result from the gravitational migration of ZnS particles initially present in the sediment, and from their further oxidative dissolution and fixation of leached Zn on Fe (oxyhydr)oxides.

Domaines: Interfaces continentales, environnement

M.-P. Isaure, A. Manceau, A. Laboudigue, N. Tamura, M.A. Marcus. Zn speciation in a soil contaminated by the deposition of a dredged sediment by synchrotron X-ray techniques. Journal de Physique IV Proceedings, 2003, 107 (I), pp.657-660. ⟨hal-01556362⟩