Abstract
Total concentrations of 18 trace and 2 major elements (Al, Fe) as well as physico-chemical characteristics (texture, organic C, pH, CaCO 3, CEC) were measured in cultivated soil samples (fraction <2 mm) from 23 surface and 38 deeper horizons developed in recent marine deposits. Correlations between trace element contents and other soil parameters were compared in order to reveal those soil factors affecting the trace element distributions. Whatever the horizon type, Co, Cr, In, Ni and V are almost exclusively associated with the fine (<20 μm) mineral fraction and do not show a direct association with organic matter. Bismuth, Sn, Tl and Zn also show a close association with the fine mineral fraction of the deep horizons, but seem to be partly associated with organic matter in the ploughed horizons. In the deep horizons, the association of Cd, Cu and Pb with the fine mineral fraction is clearly less close, while these elements appear to be associated with organic matter in the ploughed horizons. The Mn content increases with that of the fine mineral fraction up to a certain point. Arsenic, Mo and Sb contents are poorly correlated with the fine solid phase of the deep horizons. The distribution of Hg does not appear to be associated with any specific soil component. The ploughed horizons are highly enriched with Pb, Cu, Cd, Hg and Se (+84% to +225%) and moderately enriched with Tl, Mn, Sb, Bi, Sn and Zn (+7% to +48%). There is no surface enrichment of As, Co, Cr, In, Mo, Ni and V. It is possible to model most of the trace element distributions with pedotransfer functions of the physico-chemical characteristics.
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