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Along with Fe and Al, many heavy metals (Mn, Cr, Zn, Cu, and Ni) show a markedly pronounced eluvial-illuvial redistribution in the profiles of soils of the podzolic group. The intensity of the redistribution of the bulk forms of these metals is comparable with that of Fe and exceeds that of Al. Although the podzolic soils are depleted of rare-earth metals, the latter respond readily to soil podzolization. The inactive participation of Al is explained by an insignificant portion of the active reaction-capable fraction. Podzolization does not influence the profile distribution of Sr and Ba. The leaching degree of heavy metals such as Mn, Cr, Zn, Ni, and Zr is noticeably higher in the sandy podzols than in the loamy podzolic soils. Leaching of heavy metals from the podzolic horizons is of geochemical importance, whereas the depletion of metals participating in plant nutrition and biota development is of ecological importance. The leaching of heavy metals is related to the destruction of clay particles in the heavy-textured podzolic soils; the effect of the soil acidity on the leaching of heavy metals is less significant.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.N. Vodyanitskii, S.V. Goryachkin, A.T. Savichev, 2011, published in Pochvovedenie, 2011, No. 5, pp. 546–555.
Hereinafter, the podzolic group of soils includes Al-Fe-humus podzols on sands, texturally differentiated podzolic soils on bilayered deposits, and soddy-podzolic soils on loams.
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Vodyanitskii, Y.N., Goryachkin, S.V. & Savichev, A.T. Distribution of rare-earth (Y, La, Ce) and other heavy metals in the profiles of the podzolic soil group. Eurasian Soil Sc. 44, 500–509 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229311030173
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