TITLE:
Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements in Sediment of Central India
AUTHORS:
Bharat Lal Sahu, Keshaw Prakash Rajhans, Shobhana Ramteke, Khageshwar Singh Patel, Irena Wysocka, Irena Jaron
KEYWORDS:
Rare Earth Element, Sediment, Geochemistry, Sources
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.7 No.5,
April
18,
2016
ABSTRACT: The rare earth elements (REE) are of great interests due to wide
industrial applications. In the present work, geochemistry of REE in the
contaminated pond sediment of Ambagarh Chowki, cen-tral India is described. The
concentration (n = 24) of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Eu, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb,
Lu, Th and U was ranged from 16 - 119, 41 - 163, 4.1 - 28, 16 - 99, 0.7 - 2.7,
3.2 - 18, 2.7 - 16, 0.4 - 2.3, 2.2 - 13, 0.4 - 2.4, 1.1 - 6.1, 0.2 - 0.8, 0.9 -
4.8, 0.13 - 0.70, 6 - 25 and 0.46 - 1.86 mg/kg with mean value of 42 ± 9, 89 ± 13, 9.4 ± 1.9, 34 ± 7, 1.2 ± 0.2, 6.3 ± 1.2,
5.4 ± 1.0, 0.8 ± 0.1, 4.2 ± 0.8, 0.8 ± 0.2,
2.0 ± 0.4, 0.3 ± 0.1, 1.6 ± 0.3, 0.24 ± 0.04,
11 ± 2 and 1.14 ± 0.13 mg/kg, respectively. The concen-tration
ratio of ∑LREE/∑HREE, La/Y and Th/U
are discussed. The spatial distribution and sources of the REE are described.