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Asbestiform minerals in ophiolitic rocks of Calabria (southern Italy)
- Source :
- International journal of environmental health research. 28(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Ophiolitic rocks cropping on Calabria territory, southern Italy, can hold asbestiform minerals potentially harmful for human health. The aim of this work was to detect the fibrous phases of ophiolites along the Coastal Chain of northern Calabria and southern part of the Sila massif. Above 220 massive samples were collected in the study areas and analyzed using optical and electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, and Fourier transform infra-red spectrometry. The main fibrous constituent belonged to tremolite-actinolite series followed by fibrous antigorite that becomes more abundant in the samples collected in Reventino Mount surroundings. Results highlighted that serpentinites samples mainly consisted of antigorite and minor chrysotile. Samples collected along the coastal chain of northern Calabria did not hold fibrous materials. The results will be useful for Italian natural occurrences of asbestos (NOA) mapping in order to avoid an unintentional exposition by human activity or weathering proce...
- Subjects :
- Asbestos, Serpentine
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Geochemistry
Weathering
Asbestiform
010501 environmental sciences
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
medicine.disease_cause
Ophiolite
01 natural sciences
Asbestos
Human health
X-Ray Diffraction
Chrysotile
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
medicine
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Mineral Fibers
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Asbestos, Amphibole
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
General Medicine
Massif
Pollution
Microscopy, Electron
Italy
Geology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13691619
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of environmental health research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8ea9cf7482f85a05987b3f46080e558d