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AIMS Environmental Science, 2015, 2(3): 494-510. doi: 10.3934/environsci.2015.3.494
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Pollution of soils and ecosystems by a permanent toxic organochlorine pesticide: chlordecone—numerical simulation of allophane nanoclay microstructure and calculation of its transport properties
1 Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), UMR CNRS 7263, Aix Marseille Université, Avignon Université,13331, Marseille Cedex 03, France;
2 IRD UMR 237-Campus Agro Environnemental Caraïbes-B.P. 214 Petit Morne, 97232, Le Lamentin, Martinique;
3 Cirad/CAEC, UPR fonctionnement agroécologique et performances des systèmes de culture horticoles, B.P. 214 Petit Morne, Martinique, F-97285, Le Lamentin, France;
4 UPR Fonctionnement écologique et gestion durable des agrosystèmes bananiers et ananas, CIRAD, Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe, F-97130, France;
5 Cirad UR HortSys, TA B-103/PS4, Boulevard de la Lironde, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex5, France
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Special Issues: Pollution and Chemicals in the Environment
We used a numerical model to simulate the structure of allophane aggregates. The algorithm is based on a cluster-cluster aggregation model. From the simulated data, we derived the structural features, pore volume and tortuosity, and its transport properties, hydraulic conductivity and diffusion. We show that transport properties decrease because of the presence of allophane. We propose that low hydraulic conductivity and diffusion are important parameters to explain the high concentrations and trapping of pollutants in andosols.
