Assessment of pollution risk ascribed to Santa Margarida Military Camp activities (Portugal)
| Autor: | Maria J. Basto, M. J. Matias, C. Ribeiro, A. Flambó, E. M. Vicente, José M. Marques, P. Figueiredo, Maria Manuela Abreu, Paula M. Carreira, J. Feliciano |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Pollution
media_common.quotation_subject Aquifer Training (civil) Environmental protection Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Environmental Chemistry Water pollution soils General Environmental Science Water Science and Technology media_common Hydrology geography geography.geographical_feature_category Portugal General Engineering environmental impacts waters General Earth and Planetary Sciences Water quality Surface water military training activities Military camp Geology Waste disposal |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| Popis: | Santa Margarida Military Camp (S.M.M.C.) is the only one Portuguese military training area, including firing ranges for tactical military manoeuvres of mechan- ised divisions. For this reason, various negative effects on the environment were expected due to the military activ- ities, as the Military Camp's area is classified as a high vulnerability area to pollution of its multilayer porous aquifers. The aim of this study was to identify and char- acterise local/regional geochemical impacts caused by the continuing military training activities performed at S.M.M.C. in the course of 52 years. An overview of the geochemical research issues as a basis for risk assessment is presented. A special attention has been put on the quality of local and regional surface waters, shallow groundwaters and groundwaters. Local soils and sediments as well as fragments of shells and bullets were sampled and analysed. The results so far obtained, indicated that none pollution effects were a consequence of the military training activities. Till now, the geochemical signatures such as, high levels of K, Cl and NO3 in waters, detected in particular sites, should be faced as tracers of diffuse pollution ascribed to urban waste disposal and cattle breading. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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