Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine Drainage
Sediments are normally the final pathway of both natural and anthropogenic components produced or derived from the environment. Sediment quality is a good indicator of pollution in the water column, where heavy metals and other organic pollutants tend to concentrate. Metals are introduced in aquatic...
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| author | Eva Singovszka Magdalena Balintova Stefan Demcak Petra Pavlikova |
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| description | Sediments are normally the final pathway of both natural and anthropogenic components produced or derived from the environment. Sediment quality is a good indicator of pollution in the water column, where heavy metals and other organic pollutants tend to concentrate. Metals are introduced in aquatic systems as a result of the weathering of soils and rocks, from volcanic eruptions, and from a variety of human activities involving the mining, processing, or use of metals and/or substances that contain metal pollutants. Heavy metal concentration in the water column can be relatively low in some cases, but the concentrations in the sediment may be elevated. The presented work aimed to investigate the pollutant levels of some heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Al, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb) in the water and sediments related to acid mine drainage (AMD) produced from an abandoned sulphide mine in Smolnik in Eastern Slovakia. A metal pollution index was used to compare the total content of metals at five sampling stations. The level of partitioning of the metals between the surface water and sediments in the area was calculated using Partition coefficients and the correlation coefficients between the metal pairs in both media were calculated by a Pearson coefficient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cebcf89ea79d45219cc8076b0524a2422022-12-21T20:02:10ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012017-07-017828410.3390/met7080284met7080284Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine DrainageEva Singovszka0Magdalena Balintova1Stefan Demcak2Petra Pavlikova3Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Kosice, Vysokoskolska 4, 042 00 Kosice, SlovakiaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Kosice, Vysokoskolska 4, 042 00 Kosice, SlovakiaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Kosice, Vysokoskolska 4, 042 00 Kosice, SlovakiaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Kosice, Vysokoskolska 4, 042 00 Kosice, SlovakiaSediments are normally the final pathway of both natural and anthropogenic components produced or derived from the environment. Sediment quality is a good indicator of pollution in the water column, where heavy metals and other organic pollutants tend to concentrate. Metals are introduced in aquatic systems as a result of the weathering of soils and rocks, from volcanic eruptions, and from a variety of human activities involving the mining, processing, or use of metals and/or substances that contain metal pollutants. Heavy metal concentration in the water column can be relatively low in some cases, but the concentrations in the sediment may be elevated. The presented work aimed to investigate the pollutant levels of some heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Al, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb) in the water and sediments related to acid mine drainage (AMD) produced from an abandoned sulphide mine in Smolnik in Eastern Slovakia. A metal pollution index was used to compare the total content of metals at five sampling stations. The level of partitioning of the metals between the surface water and sediments in the area was calculated using Partition coefficients and the correlation coefficients between the metal pairs in both media were calculated by a Pearson coefficient.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/7/8/284sedimentsmetalsacid mine drainagestatistical analysis |
| spellingShingle | Eva Singovszka Magdalena Balintova Stefan Demcak Petra Pavlikova Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine Drainage Metals sediments metals acid mine drainage statistical analysis |
| title | Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine Drainage |
| title_full | Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine Drainage |
| title_fullStr | Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine Drainage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine Drainage |
| title_short | Metal Pollution Indices of Bottom Sediment and Surface Water Affected by Acid Mine Drainage |
| title_sort | metal pollution indices of bottom sediment and surface water affected by acid mine drainage |
| topic | sediments metals acid mine drainage statistical analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/7/8/284 |
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