Assessment of environmental effects of the coal used in the Seyitomer thermal power plant (Turkey) on white willow

Cicek, A; Koparal, A S

doi:10.1080/00103620600762810

Title: Assessment of environmental effects of the coal used in the Seyitomer thermal power plant (Turkey) on white willow

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Thermal power plants increase local pollution through SOx, NOx, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and oils containing primarily particulates (including heavy metals) and increase global pollution through CO{sub 2}, the greenhouse gas that causes global warming. These strong pollutants have harmful effects on living organisms and the entire ecosystem. In this study, we analysed the heavy metals iron (Fe), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), and sulfur (S) induced by sulfur dioxide found in both the washed and unwashed leaves of Salix alba L. tree, grown in six distinct localities in the vicinity of the Seyitomer thermal power plant, to assess the environmental impact. All parameters were examined in the surface soils (0-30 cm), and the most intense concentration of the pollutants in both soils and leaves was observed to be in the direction of the prevailing wind.

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Cicek, A; Koparal, A S ^[1]

Anadolu University, Eskisehir (Turkey). Applied Research Center for Environmental Problems

Publication Date:: Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI Identifier:: 20772532

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 37; Journal Issue: 13/14; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-3624

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; TURKEY; COAL; WILLOWS; EMISSION; METALS; SULFUR; AIR POLLUTION; LEAVES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SOILS; DEPOSITION

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                    Cicek, A, and Koparal, A S. Assessment of environmental effects of the coal used in the Seyitomer thermal power plant (Turkey) on white willow.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
        Web.  doi:10.1080/00103620600762810.

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                    Cicek, A, & Koparal, A S. Assessment of environmental effects of the coal used in the Seyitomer thermal power plant (Turkey) on white willow.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00103620600762810

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                    Cicek, A, and Koparal, A S. 2006.  
        "Assessment of environmental effects of the coal used in the Seyitomer thermal power plant (Turkey) on white willow".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00103620600762810.

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  title        = {Assessment of environmental effects of the coal used in the Seyitomer thermal power plant (Turkey) on white willow},

  author       = {Cicek, A and Koparal, A S},

  abstractNote = {Thermal power plants increase local pollution through SOx, NOx, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and oils containing primarily particulates (including heavy metals) and increase global pollution through CO{sub 2}, the greenhouse gas that causes global warming. These strong pollutants have harmful effects on living organisms and the entire ecosystem. In this study, we analysed the heavy metals iron (Fe), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), and sulfur (S) induced by sulfur dioxide found in both the washed and unwashed leaves of Salix alba L. tree, grown in six distinct localities in the vicinity of the Seyitomer thermal power plant, to assess the environmental impact. All parameters were examined in the surface soils (0-30 cm), and the most intense concentration of the pollutants in both soils and leaves was observed to be in the direction of the prevailing wind.},

  doi          = {10.1080/00103620600762810},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20772532},
  journal      = {Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis},

  issn         = {0010-3624},

  number       = 13/14,

  volume       = 37,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006},

  month        = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006}

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