The Andes plays an important role in the providing of ecosystem services, however, the greatest threat it faces today is soil contamination by heavy metals, which constitutes a risk in the interaction of man and the environment, in this understanding it is necessary to promote research in the mountainous region in activities that contravene the sustainable development of the region. In this sense, the objective of this study is to evaluate the level of soil contamination by heavy metals by means of the geo-accumulation index and to predict the influence of pH and organic matter on the distribution of metals in the soil. The methodology involved the extraction of four soil samples obtained in an area adjacent to the Paxa stream, where mining waste was dumped; the total concentration of Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Copper, Chromium, Lead, Nickel and Zinc was evaluated by the optical emissi...

La actividad minera a nivel industrial puede tener consecuencias negativas en el medio ambiente, especialmente en la calidad del suelo y degradación, esta liberación de metales puede producir movilidad hacia aguas profundas, a consecuencia de la alteración en los parámetros físico-químicos. El objetivo de la presente investigación es identificar el nivel de movilidad de los metales As, Cd y Pb entre los parámetros químicos pH, potencial redox, óxidos de hierro y carbonatos, en la cancha relavera de la Planta Concentradora de Tiquillaca en el departamento de Puno. La obtención de las muestras fueron 4 puntos distribuidos en la cancha relavera a 80cm de profundidad, siendo homogenizado y cuarteado. Resultando la superación de concentración del Pb a la máxima medición de del instrumento ICP-OES y la movilidad de los metales As y Cd son susceptibles principalmente a los cambio...

  The Andes plays an important role in the providing of ecosystem services, however, the greatest threat it faces today is soil contamination by heavy metals, which constitutes a risk in the interaction of man and the environment, in this understanding it is necessary to promote research in the mountainous region in activities that contravene the sustainable development of the region. In this sense, the objective of this study is to evaluate the level of soil contamination by heavy metals by means of the geo-accumulation index and to predict the influence of pH and organic matter on the distribution of metals in the soil. The methodology involved the extraction of four soil samples obtained in an area adjacent to the Paxa stream, where mining waste was dumped; the total concentration of Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Copper, Chromium, Lead, Nickel and Zinc was evaluated by the optical emissi...