POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS (PTES) IN THE ENVIRONMENT, ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPHIOLITE UNITS THE CALABRIA REGION (ITALY): STATE OF THE ART AND NEW PERSPECTIVES

This contribution aims to quantify some Potentially Toxic elements in terms of major, minor and trace element concentrations (e.g. Si, Mg, Ca, Al, Fe, Mn, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Be, V, As, Rb, Sb, Ba, Pb, Sr) hosted in serpentinite rocks and within their constituting “sentinel” minerals, also associated with asbestos occurrences, in order to understand how they contribute to environmental concerns. Serpenitinite rocks and soils from the Gimigliano-Mount Reventino Unit (Calabria Region, Southern Italy) were used for this study.