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Heavy metals distribution in the serpentinite-granite contact zone in El-Sid area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, Volcanology.

Abstract

The present work aims to investigate the heavy metal concentrations of the major rock units that exposed in El-Sid area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, and determine the hotspots areas with higher concentration levels in the investigated area. Concentrations of iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), sulfur (S) and Arsenic (AS) were measured in the heavy mineral fractions of representative samples by using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS). The mapping of heavy metal concentrations was created by the inverse distance weighting (IDW) method. The highest concentrations of Fe, Zn and Pb were in Cataclastic granite, Monzo-Syenogranite and Qz-monzodiorite, while S is only detected in serpentinite after dunite rock. The present results showed that As was not detected in present samples. The lowest concentration of Fe was in carbonate rock stained with iron oxide and pyroxenite, Zn was in porphyritic meta-andesite, carbonate rock stained with iron oxide, serpentinite rocks and pyroxenite, and Pb was in serpentinite after dunite, serpentinite after pyroxenite with talc carbonate and pyroxenite. The results of the present study elucidate concentration levels of investigated heavy metals in rock units of the present area and refer to the hotspots areas with higher levels.

DOI

10.21608/egjg.2025.348060.1101

Keywords

Heavy metals, El-Sid, atomic absorption spectrometer, spatial distribution

Authors

First Name

Nour Eldin

Last Name

Gado

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

nourfouda@sci.asu.edu.eg

City

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Orcid

0000-0003-4219-2066

First Name

Abd El Moneim

Last Name

Osman

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

osman.moneim@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Karim

Last Name

Abdelmalik

MiddleName

Wagih

Affiliation

geology, faculty of science, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Email

karim.abdelmalik@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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Volume

69

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

51931

Issue Date

2025-12-01

Receive Date

2024-12-27

Publish Date

2025-12-09

Page Start

23

Page End

32

Print ISSN

0022-1384

Online ISSN

2805-2617

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https://egjg.journals.ekb.eg/article_403540.html

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403,540

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Original Article

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2,013

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Geology

Publication Link

https://egjg.journals.ekb.eg/

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Heavy metals distribution in the serpentinite-granite contact zone in El-Sid area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt

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13 Jan 2025