Jiří Faimon, Vít Baldík, David Buriánek, Jiří Rez, Jindřich Štelcl, Dalibor Všianský, Jan Sedláček, Martin Dostalík, Jiří Nečas, Roman Novotný, Roman Hadacz, Eva Kryštofová, Jitka Novotná, Pavel Müller, Hana Krumlová, Pavel Čáp, Karolína Faktorová, Jan Malík, Jakub Roháč, Petr Kycl, Jana Janderková
Ferrous slag produced by a historic smelter is washed from a slagheap and transported by a creek through a cave system. Slag filling cave spaces, abrasion of cave walls / calcite speleothems, and contamination of the aquatic environment with heavy metals and other toxic components are concerns. We characterize the slag in its deposition site, map its transport through the cave system, characterize the effect of slag transport, and evaluate the risks to both cave and aqueous environments. The study was based on chemical and phase analysis supported laboratory experiments and geochemical modeling...
July 19, 2022: Science of the Total Environment