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Modelling of Heavy Metal Pollution in an Unregulated Solid Waste Dumping Site with GIS
Müfide Banar, Aysun Özkan and Metin Altan
Corresponding Author: Müfide Banar
Submitted: 2009 Sept., 11
Accepted: 2009 Oct., 07
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In this study, heavy metal pollution and distribution on leachate and soil have detected with the
samples which were collected from the unregulated dumping site area in Eskisehir/Turkey. These samples were
analyzed for pH, cadmium, copper, iron, lead, nickel and zinc in spring, summer and autumn seasons. The
sampling points were marked on an air photograph by using GeoMedia Professional 6.0 softw are. Analysis
results obtained from the sampling points were interpolated by using SURFER 7.0 software and distribution
maps were performed. These maps w ere reregistered by using GeoMedia Professional 6.0 and compared with
the air photograph and geological units. As a result, it was seen that heavy metal concentrations were increasing
towards to agricultural areas in the northeast of the dumping site. When physical-chemical analysis results and
findings obtained from GIS are evaluated with together, it is said that the EskiÕehir dumping site is going to
cause environmental and ecological problems in both short and long term and this site should be urgently
rehabilitated.
Key words: Dumping site, geographic information systems, leachate, soil, Turkey, ,
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Müfide Banar, Aysun Özkan and Metin Altan, . Modelling of Heavy Metal Pollution in an Unregulated Solid Waste Dumping Site with GIS. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, (2): Page No: 99-110.
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