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In order to determine how As speciation in lacustrine sediment changes as a function of local conditions, sediment cores were taken from three lakes with differing hydrologic regimes and subjected to extensive chemical and TEM analysis. The lakes (Killarney, Thompson and Swan Lakes) are located within the Coeur d’ Alene River system (northern Idaho, USA), which has been contaminated with trace metals and As, from over 100 a of sulfide mining. Previous analyses of these lakebed sediments have shown an extensive amount of contaminant metals and As associated with sub-μm grains, making them extremely difficult to analyze using standard methods (scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction). Transmission electron microscopy offers great advantages in spatial resolution and can be invaluable in determining As speciation when combined with other techniques. Data indicate that because of differences in local redox conditions, As speciation and stability is dramatically different in these lakes. Killarney and Thompson Lakes experience seasonal water-level fluctuations due to drawdown on a downstream dam, causing changes in O2 content in sediment exposed during drawdown. Swan Lake has relatively constant water levels as its only inlet is dammed. Consequently, Killarney and Thompson Lakes show an increase in labile As-bearing phases with depth, while Swan Lake data indicate stable As hosts throughout the sediment profile. Based on these observations it can be stated that As in lakebed sediments is much less mobile, and therefore less bioavailable, when water is kept at a constant level. 相似文献
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The water and sediments of Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho (USA) have been impacted by decades of mining operations within the Coeur d’Alene mining district. Using a multivariate statistical approach, correlations were explored between the microbial community (via 16S rDNA microarray) in sediment cores and operationally defined heavy metal phases (via continuous sequential extractions). Candidate phyla NC10, OP8 and LD1PA were only detected in metal contaminated cores and diversity doubled among Natronoanaerobium in metal contaminated cores compared to the uncontaminated control site. This may suggest some increased fitness of these phyla in contaminated sediments. In contrast, diversity within the phyla Aquificae, Coprothermobacteria, and Synergistes was at least double in the uncontaminated control site. In linear models composed of two geochemical variables from the presumed sulfate reducing lineages detected in this study, orders Desulfobacterales, Desulfuromonadales, Desulfotomaculum, and Syntrophobacterales were highly correlated with Pb (positive influence) and Zn (negative influence) in the operationally defined residual fraction, and most taxa within orders from Desulfovibrionales. Bdellovibrionales highly correlated with Pb in the exchangeable/carbonate (negative influence) and oxyhydroxide (positive influence) phases. Diversity within families from metal reducing bacterial lineages Shewanellaceae, Geobacteraceae, and Rhodocyclaceae showed high correlation with Pb in the exchangeable/carbonate (negative influence) and oxyhydroxide (positive influence) phases. To our knowledge, this is the first time these techniques have been used in combination to describe a contaminated system. Resulting correlations suggest the diversity of the microbial community was influenced primarily by partitioning of heavy metals into exchangeable Pb over other Pb phases and, to a lesser extent, residual Pb to residual Zn phase partitioning. 相似文献
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The geochemical processes operating on metals in anoxic marine waters influence metal mobility and mode of transport to the sediments in a manner different from that observed in oxic regimes. In order to better understand these processes, dissolved and particulate Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, and Cd concentrations were determined in the water column of a permanently anoxic basin, Framvaren Fjord, Norway. Class specific behavior determines the degree to which these metals are involved in the processes of redox cycling at the interface and metal sulfide precipitation in the sulfidic water. Metal sulfide precipitation influences the magnitude of metal enrichment in the sediments. The transition metals, Mn, Fe, and Co, show active involvement in redox cycling, characterized by dissolved maxima just below the interface. Nickel concentrations appear unaffected by processes influencing the profiles of the other metals. The metals, Cu, Zn, and Cd, display a dramatic solubility decrease across the interface, are not involved in redox cycling, and are enriched in the sediments relative to a lithogenic component by factors of 11, 105, and 420, respectively. Ion activity products of the metals and sulfide provide evidence that chemical equilibria with a pure metal sulfide solid phase is not the dominant process controlling dissolved metal concentrations in the sulfide containing waters. 相似文献
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Partitioning of heavy metals in surface Black Sea sediments 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Bulk heavy metal (Fe, Mn, Co, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn and Pb) distributions and their chemical partitioning, together with TOC and carbonate data, were studied in oxic to anoxic surface sediments (0–2 cm) obtained at 18 stations throughout the Black Sea. TOC and carbonate contents, and available hydrographic data, indicate biogenic organic matter produced in shallower waters is transported and buried in the deeper waters of the Black Sea. Bulk metal concentrations measured in the sediments can be related to their geochemical cycles and the geology of the surrounding Black Sea region. Somewhat high Cr and Ni contents in the sediments are interpreted to reflect, in part, the weathering of basic-ultrabasic rocks on the Turkish mainland. Maximum carbonate-free levels of Mn (4347 ppm), Ni (355 ppm) and Co (64 ppm) obtained for sediment from the shallow-water station (102 m) probably result from redox cycling at the socalled ‘Mn pump zone’ where scavenging-precipitation processes of Mn prevail. Chemical partitioning of the heavy metals revealed that Cu, Cr and Fe seem to be significantly bound to the detrital phases whereas carbonate phases tend to hold considerable amounts of Mn and Pb. The sequential extraction procedures used in this study also show that the metals Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Pb associated with the ‘oxidizable phases’ are in far greater concentrations than the occurrences of these metals with detrital and carbonate phases. These results are in good agreement with the recent studies on suspended matter and thermodynamic calculations which have revealed that organic compounds and sulfides are the major metal carriers in the anoxic Black Sea basin, whereas Fe-Mn oxyhydroxides can also be important phases of other metals, especially at oxic sites. This study shows that, if used with a suitable combination of the various sequential extraction techniques, metal partitioning can provide important information on the varying geological sources and modes of occurrence and distribution of heavy metals in sediments, as well as, on the physical and chemical conditions prevailing in an anoxic marine environment. 相似文献
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Sequential core sediments from northwestern Taihu Lake in China were analyzed for grain size, organic carbon and heavy metal content. The sediments are composed of organic-poor clayey-fine silts. The chemical speciations of Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn were also analyzed using the BCR sequential extraction procedure. Cu, Fe, Ni, and Zn are mainly associated with the residue fraction; Mn is concentrated mainly in exchangeable/carbonate fraction and residue fraction; and Pb mainly in Fe/Mn oxide fraction and organic/sulfide fraction. The exchangeable/carbonate fractions of Cu, Fe, Ni, Zn and Pb are lower. The fractions of Ni, Pb and Zn bound to the Fe/Mn oxide have significant correlations with reducible Mn; the organic/sulfide fractions of Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn have significant correlations with TOC. The extractable fractions of Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn are high at the top 4 cm of the core sediments as compared to those in the deeper layers, showing the anthropogenic input of heavy metals is due to rapid industrial development. The heavy metal pollution history of the sediments has been recorded since the late 1970s, determined by the result of ^137Cs dating. 相似文献
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Multicomponent reactive transport modeling of uranium bioremediation field experiments 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Yilin Fang Steven B. Yabusaki James P. Amonette 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2009,73(20):6029-290
A reaction network integrating abiotic and microbially mediated reactions has been developed to simulate biostimulation field experiments at a former Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) site in Rifle, Colorado. The reaction network was calibrated using data from the 2002 field experiment, after which it was applied without additional calibration to field experiments performed in 2003 and 2007. The robustness of the model specification is significant in that (1) the 2003 biostimulation field experiment was performed with 3 times higher acetate concentrations than the previous biostimulation in the same field plot (i.e., the 2002 experiment), and (2) the 2007 field experiment was performed in a new unperturbed plot on the same site. The biogeochemical reactive transport simulations accounted for four terminal electron-accepting processes (TEAPs), two distinct functional microbial populations, two pools of bioavailable Fe(III) minerals (iron oxides and phyllosilicate iron), uranium aqueous and surface complexation, mineral precipitation and dissolution. The conceptual model for bioavailable iron reflects recent laboratory studies with sediments from the UMTRA site that demonstrated that the bulk (∼90%) of initial Fe(III) bioreduction is associated with phyllosilicate rather than oxide forms of iron. The uranium reaction network includes a U(VI) surface complexation model based on laboratory studies with Rifle site sediments and aqueous complexation reactions that include ternary complexes (e.g., calcium-uranyl-carbonate). The bioreduced U(IV), Fe(II), and sulfide components produced during the experiments are strongly associated with the solid phases and may play an important role in long-term uranium immobilization. 相似文献
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F. A. Lopes G. Michard M. Poulin A. Roué F. Prévot D. Jézéquel E. Viollier 《Aquatic Geochemistry》2010,16(4):587-610
A reactive transport model was developed to describe seasonal variations of biogeochemical and physical processes in Lake
Aydat. The model includes physical processes such as vertical mixing, sedimentation and advection related to inflows into
the lake and biogeochemical conversion processes in the water column and in the sediment surface layer. The reactions described
in the model include primary redox reactions such as primary production, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, methanogenesis
and secondary reactions established between oxidants and reducers produced by the primary reactions. After adjusting various
kinetic constants, the model reasonably reproduced the main features of seasonal variations of dissolved oxygen and nitrate
depth profiles and pH. The reactive transport model was also used to quantify the relative importance of different biogeochemical
pathways. For instance, ferrous denitrification seems to play an important role when stratification is increasing. 相似文献
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A field study was conducted to clarify the effect of rhizosphere processes on the accumulation and partitioning of heavy metals
(Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, Cd and Ni) in mangrove sediments. Metals were fractionated by a sequential extraction procedure into three
chemically distinct fractions: water soluble, exchangeable and carbonate bound (B1), Fe–Mn oxide bound (B2), and organic and
sulfide bound (B3). Results indicate that rhizosphere processes tend to increase the metal concentrations in the rhizosphere
sediments. However, plant uptake may result in the decrease of the metal concentrations in the rhizosphere sediments when
the metal concentrations are relatively low in the bulk sediments. Compared with the bulk sediments, the rhizosphere sediments
have low concentrations of heavy metals in the B1 and B2 fractions and high concentrations in the B3 fraction. Either an increase
or decrease in the residual fraction of heavy metals in the rhizosphere sediments may appear, depending on whether the formation
of the refractory metal-organic compounds or the activation of the residual fractions dominates. Results also indicate that
mangrove plants absorb and store non-essential metals in the perennial tissues, thus reducing the export of non-essential
metals via leaf litter transport. Mangrove plants are excellent candidates for phytostabilization of heavy metals in intertidal
substrates. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》2002,17(7):923-933
The accumulation and storage of trace metals in coastal sediments is an environmental concern. It is, therefore, important to understand better how these metals are bound or released under different redox conditions. This study of Fe and trace metal fixation under continuously anoxic conditions in the bottom sediments and the lower water column of the Nordåsvannet fjord in western Norway contributes further to such understanding. It allows investigation of both an end member redox state and one important mechanism of Fe and trace metal accumulation in sediments, the pyritization of Fe and trace metals. Pyrite formation occurs both in the water column and in the sediments of the Nordåsvannet fjord and favours the fixing of Fe and trace metals in the bottom sediments of the fjord. Thus, these sediments act as a continuous sink for Fe and trace metals. The DOP, and the degrees of trace metal pyritization for Mo, Ni and Cr correlate with organic matter content. While it is generally thought that Fe is the factor limiting pyrite formation in anoxic environments, this study found that degrees of pyritization of Fe (DOP) are clearly below 100%, and the availability of metabolizable organic matter is limiting pyrite formation. This is an important finding, because it indicates that increased supply of organic and mineral matter by higher runoff from land would further enhance the fixation of these metals in the fjord sediments, as would higher organic matter availability from increased productivity due to higher nutrient supply. The metals stored in the bottom sediments could be released into the biogeochemical cycle if redox conditions were to change from anoxic to suboxic or oxic. The fjord would then become a source rather than a sink for these metals. 相似文献
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Togwell A. Jackson 《Environmental Geology》1978,2(3):173-189
The biogeochemistry of Zn, Cd, Cu, Hg, and Fe in lakes and streams polluted by mine and smelter wastes emitted at Flin Flon,
Canada, was investigated. In Schist Lake, a repository for both tailings-pond drainage and sewage, green algal blooms generated
by nutrients from sewage promote entrapment of metals in sediments by (1) accumulation of metals from solution by algal seston,
with preferential uptake of Zn, the most abundant metal, followed by sinking of the seston; and (2) production of H2S during decomposition of dead algae, resulting in sulfide precipitation. Metals are partially resolubilized from seston as
it decomposes while sinking. Preferential retention of Cu by sinking seston and by mud promotes Cu enrichment in the mud but
the Cu/Zn ratio of mud varies with the Cu/Zn ratio of surface water seston. In bottom muds, partitioning of a metal between
sulfide and organic matter is strongly dependent on the stability of the metal sulfide as measured by its standard entropy,
the proportion of sulfide-bound metal decreasing in the order Hg>Cd>Cu>Fe>Zn. When sulfide-rich muds were heated under helium,
x-ray diffraction revealed abundant well-crystallized ZnS (sphalerite) containing Cd, Hg, and Fe; only poorly crystallized
traces of the mineral were detected in unheated mud, however. Cu sulfide failed to crystallize, suggesting interference by
sorbed impurities. Metals were concentrated in H2S-rich muds and extraction of muds with various solvents and by electrodialysis showed that sulfide was much more effective
than organic matter in suppressing remobilization of metals. Remobilized Cu is probably bound to organic complexing agents.
Some extractable complexing agents bind Cu preferentially with respect to Zn and Cd but others preferentially bind Zn and
Cd; the complexes, being stable in the presence of free sulfide, may cause some release of metals from sulfide-rich muds in
nature.
These results indicate that introduction of sewage together with heavy-metal effluents into settling ponds could be an effective
and economic method for limiting heavy-metal pollution of natural waters. 相似文献
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武汉市东湖沉积物的磁性特征与重金属含量之间的关系 总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6
对武汉市东湖主湖区的郭郑湖和塘林湖114个沉积物样品的磁化率与代表性样品的频率磁化率系数、磁滞回线参量和重金属元素进行系统分析, 综合区域环境背景, 探讨应用岩石磁性方法技术评价大型城市内陆湖泊沉积物污染程度的可行性及其效果.结果表明, 在主成分中, 郭郑湖沉积物没有一个主成分占绝对优势, 仅有少数重金属元素含量与磁化率相关, 磁化率χ与重金属富集强度的相关性较差; 而塘林湖沉积物有一个“工业源”的主成份占绝对优势, Fe (全铁)、Co、V、Mn、Ti、Ba、Cr、Ni、Cu等元素与饱和等温剩磁SIRM、χ关系密切(相关系数大于0.87).郭郑湖与塘林湖的沉积物的饱和等温剩磁与重金属富集强度的相关程度高于磁化率, 因此, 可以用其(SIRM) 作为环境污染程度的指示参量. 相似文献
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The sediments of City Park Lake (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA) are characterized by Pb concentrations that exceed the corresponding National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration probable effect level by more than a factor of two and concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Ni and Zn that exceed the corresponding threshold effect levels. The sediments of the lake are likely to be dredged because of concern over shoaling of the lake. There is concern that exposing these sediments to an oxidizing environment could mobilize toxic metal(loid)s that are effectively sequestered under reducing conditions. To address this concern, mixtures of sediments collected from seven locations in City Park Lake were incubated in microcosms under controlled oxidizing and reducing conditions. The slurries were sampled at time intervals over a period of nearly 750 h, and the dissolved Fe, Mn and trace metal concentrations determined. Eh and pH were negatively correlated, with Eh declining by 600 mV per unit increase in pH. Of the toxic metals, only the concentration of Cu was positively correlated with Eh, apparently because of the sequestration of Cu as a very insoluble sulfide precipitate under low Eh conditions. Precipitation of the other metals as sulfides was evidently insignificant because of the low S content of the sediments. Concentrations of the remaining potentially toxic metals were negatively correlated with Eh, apparently because of their sequestration as oxides and/or adsorption to Fe oxides or oxy-hydroxides. Concentrations of Ca, Mg, and Sr were positively correlated with Eh, presumably because of their sequestration in carbonate precipitates under low Eh/high pH conditions. 相似文献
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Experimental evidence suggests that formation of metal sulfides in anoxic sediments limits the bioavailability of several toxic elements. Our ability to quantify the processes by which these metal sulfides form is dependent upon our ability to determine the speciation of solid phase metals in sediments. Our work indicates that an entire suite of Cu-Fe and Ni-Fe sulfide minerals can form upon the exposure of mackinawite to aqueous Cu and Ni. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that the solubility of pure metal sulfide minerals and their iron-metal derivatives in HCl directly correlates with the observed trends in the 'Degree of Trace Metal Pyritization' in natural sediments. Current extraction schemes cannot distinguish discrete trace metal sulfides from trace metals associated with pyrite. 相似文献
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Assessment of trace metal contents in water and bottom sediments from Eğirdir Lake,Turkey 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
The concentration of metals (Pb, As, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn, Fe and Mn) was investigated in water and sediment samples of E?irdir Lake. The Lake is the second largest fresh water lake of Turkey and it is used as drinking water in the region. The anthropogenic pollutants are primary sources of trace metals which are negatively affected lake water quality. These negative effects were observed in both lake water and bottom sediments. According to obtained data, Pb, Cu, Ni, Fe and Zn have significant enrichment in sediments samples. In addition, the hydrodynamic model of the lake was determined as effectively for Pb, Co, Cu, Ni, Zn, Fe and Mn accumulations. Also, the effect of anthropogenic pollutants was found to be more dominant than geogenic effect in metal accumulation of the lake bottom sediments. Therefore, anthropogenic pollutants within the lake basin should be consistently controlled for the sustainable usage of the lake. 相似文献
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《Applied Geochemistry》2001,16(7-8):781-791
Fine-scale solid-phase trace metal and acid-volatile sulphide profiles are presented for sediment cores taken at four locations in Lake Ketel, a dynamic sedimentation basin of the river Rhine in The Netherlands. The purpose of this study was to relate these profiles to the dynamics of sediment transport in the lake. The internal cycling of solids in the lake affects the distribution of trace metals and acid-volatile sulphide in the sediments. Comparison of vertical profiles of trace metals and sulphide indicates significant spatial variation in the dynamics of sediment transport in Lake Ketel. The construction of a dredge spoil storage depot in 1996 seems to have significantly influenced the hydrodynamic and sediment dynamics in Lake Ketel. Consequently, deposition rates in Lake Ketel based on comparison of solid-phase trace metal concentrations in the sediments and historical levels in Rhine suspended matter can only be used as rough estimates. 相似文献
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Monsoon rain causes large scale sediment-water movement and reworking of sediments of the Ganga Plain which is one of the
largest fluvial systems on Earth. Geomorphology and drainage type combined with sedimentation processes play a substantial
role on dispersion and transport patterns of metals bound to sediments and soils. The study area of Kanpur-Unnao industrial
region in the Ganga Plain has been divided into five independent geochemical domains on the basis of sediment-geomorphic,
hydrological and geochemical characters. The monsoon hydrography and physico-chemical parameters (pH, conductivity) of the
river and urban drain waters play a prominent role in regulating the concentrations and behaviour of the metals in the aquatic
system of the Ganga Plain. Values of pH and specific electrical conductivity of the river water of the study area decrease
whereas those of the urban drain water increase in post-monsoon period. The monsoon rain reduces the contents of Co, C-org,
Cr, Fe and Ni and enhances the contents of Cd, Sn and Zn in sediments of post-monsoon period. In soils, it reduces the contents
of Al, Co, Fe, Mn and Ni and enhances the contents of Cd, Sn and Zn in the post-monsoon period. These changes in concentrations
vary from metal to metal and from one geochemical domain to the other. An increase in the concentrations of few metals in
the soils from pre- to post-monsoon periods indicates that these metals were mobilized from the overflooding of metal rich
waste-water onto the fields during high water stage and also by reworking of the soils through sheet floods during the monsoon
time. Despite the changes in concentrations, metal dispersion patterns in each domain remain similar both in pre- and post-monsoon
periods which indicate that the geochemical and sediment-geomorphic processes operating for the metal dispersion and mobilization
in sediments are persistent even after large scale sediment-water movement and reworking of the sediments during the monsoon
period.
Received: 4 May 1998 · Accepted: 20 October 1998 相似文献
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Organic matter mineralization in sediment of a coastal freshwater lake and response to salinization 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Richard W. Canavan Caroline P. Slomp Philippe Van Cappellen Gerard A. van den Berg 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2006,70(11):2836-2855
Solid phase and pore water chemical data collected in a sediment of the Haringvliet Lake are interpreted using a multi-component reactive transport model. This freshwater lake, which was formed as the result of a river impoundment along the southwestern coast of the Netherlands, is currently targeted for restoration of estuarine conditions. The model is used to assess the present-day biogeochemical dynamics in the sediment, and to forecast possible changes in organic carbon mineralization pathways and associated redox reactions upon salinization of the bottom waters. Model results indicate that oxic degradation (55%), denitrification (21%), and sulfate reduction (17%) are currently the main organic carbon degradation pathways in the upper 30 cm of sediment. Unlike in many other freshwater sediments, methanogenesis is a relatively minor carbon mineralization pathway (5%), because of significant supply of soluble electron acceptors from the well-mixed bottom waters. Although ascorbate-reducible Fe(III) mineral phases are present throughout the upper 30 cm of sediment, the contribution of dissimilatory iron reduction to overall sediment metabolism is negligible. Sensitivity analyses show that bioirrigation and bioturbation are important processes controlling the distribution of organic carbon degradation over the different pathways. Model simulations indicate that sulfate reduction would rapidly suppress methanogenesis upon seawater intrusion in the Haringvliet, and could lead to significant changes in the sediment’s solid-state iron speciation. The changes in Fe speciation would take place on time-scales of 20-100 years. 相似文献
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Daniel G. Strawn Patrick Hickey Andrew Knudsen Leslie Baker 《Environmental Geology》2007,52(1):109-122
To remediate Pb contaminated soils it is proposed that phosphorus can be amended to the soils to transform the Pb into poorly
soluble Pb-phosphate mineral phases. However, remediation strategies must account for variable Pb speciation and site-specific
factors. In this study soil mineralogy and Pb speciation in soils from P-amended field trials at sites within the Coeur d’Alene
River Basin in Idaho, USA were investigated. The soils are contaminated from mining activities and are enriched with Fe and
Mn. Selective extraction of the soils indicated that the Fe oxides are poorly crystalline. XRD of the soil clay size fractions
identified quartz, muscovite, kaolinite, siderite, lepidocrocite, and chlorite minerals. Amendment with P fertilizer dissolved
the siderite. No Pb–phosphate minerals were detected by XRD. Electron microprobe analysis showed direct correlations between
Pb, Fe, and Mn in the unamended soils, and negative correlations between Pb and Si. Lead and Mn were strongly correlated.
In the amended soils Fe and P were strongly correlated. Results indicate that the Pb is associated with poorly crystalline
Fe and Mn oxides, and that added P is primarily associated with Fe oxide phases. Comparisons of pore water Pb concentrations
with chloropyromorphite and plumbogummite solubility suggest that in the phosphate-amended soils the pore waters are undersaturated
in these phases, whereas several of the control soil pore waters were oversaturated, indicating the added phosphate suppressed
the Pb solubility. Results from this research provide insight into the geochemistry occurring in the P-remediated soils that
will help in making management and remediation decisions. 相似文献
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Shouliang Huo Beidou Xi Xiujuan Yu Jing Su Fengyu Zan Guangchao Zhao 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2013,69(7):2275-2285
In this study, the equilibrium partitioning approach was used to derive the sediment quality criteria (SQC) recommended values of eight heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, As, Fe and Mn) for surface sediments taken from Lake Chaohu. The concentration of the heavy metal in the interstitial water (C IW) was determined by the film diffusion gradient technology to obtain the metal partitioning coefficient (K P). Moreover, the metal fractionation of the sediments were analyzed using European Community Bureau of Reference sequential extraction procedure and the partitioning of bound phases including total organic carbon (TOC), grain sizes and acid volatile sulfide (AVS) were also investigated. The values of K P for Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, As, Fe and Mn were 3,924.84, 2,276.23, 17,811.30, 738.35, 10,986.54, 718.74, 5,875.34 and 341.20 L/kg, respectively. Sediment quality criteria were normalized on the basis of fine materials, AVS, TOC and the residual metals (M R). SQC values for Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, As, Fe and Mn based on Chinese surface water quality criteria were derived with the values of 78.53, 56.95, 362.93, 74.68, 23.90, 71.84, 3,546.53 and 68.42 mg/kg, respectively. The suggested SQC values in this study were compared SQCs from different countries and areas, which indicated SQCs from different countries or regions appeared to have great discrepancies attributed to the difference of the physical and chemical characteristics of sediments. 相似文献