Some regular patterns in the distribution of sediment contamination in the coastal waters along Japan |
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| Authors: | Yasushi Hiraizumi Takehiko Manabe Hajime Nishimura |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 113 Tokyo, Japan;(2) Hyogo Prefectual Fisheries Experimental Station, Nakasaki-cho, Akashi, 673 Hyogo, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Observations of sediment contamination along the coast of Japan were analyzed. When the pollutant concentration is divided by the fine particle fraction in the sediment, a regular pattern is observed in the quantitative relationship among the degree and the area of contamination and the discharge rate of pollutant released continuously into the water along the coast. This regularity was observed with respect to COD,n-hexane soluble substances and heavy metals, and could be expressed by a formula.Polluted particles were supposed to disperse through suspension in the bottom water layer, and thus their distribution in the surface sediment is expected to become similar to effluent dispersion in the surface water. |
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