Journal article
Distribution and potential ecological risk assessment of trace elements in the stream water and sediments from Lanmuchang area, southwest Guizhou, China
Environmental science and pollution research international, Vol.26, pp.3706-3722
08/02/2019
PMID: 30535740
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Abstract
Trace elements contamination in sediment is regarded as the global crisis with a large share in developing countries like China. Water and sediment samples were collected during (2016) from Qingshui Stream and analyzed for major physicochemical properties and trace elements by using ICP-MS. Our result of sediments showed that studied trace elements (except Pb, Cd, Co) had a concentration higher than Chinese sediment guideline as well as stream water data for studied trace elements (except Cr, Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn) had a higher concentration than the maximum permissible safe limit of WHO. Contamination factor (CF) confirmed a moderate to high contamination in the sediment samples due to As and Tl, respectively. The values of pollution load index (PLI) were found above one (> 1), describing the progressive sediment quality decline. Pearson correlation showed that there was a significant positive association between Tl and As (r = 0.725, p < 0.05) in sediment samples. Results revealed that water-rock interaction, weathering of Tl sulfide mineralization, and hydrogeological conditions were major sources of stream water and sediments contamination in the study area. This experimental study contributes to a better understanding of the geochemistry and prevention of trace element contamination in sediments from Lanmuchang area.
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- Title
- Distribution and potential ecological risk assessment of trace elements in the stream water and sediments from Lanmuchang area, southwest Guizhou, China
- Creators
- Atta Rasool - University of Chinese Academy of SciencesTangfu Xiao - Guangzhou University
- Publication Details
- Environmental science and pollution research international, Vol.26, pp.3706-3722
- Publisher
- Springer
- Identifiers
- 991013092677102368
- Copyright
- (c) Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article