Anthropogenic influence on trace element geochemistry of healing mud (peloid) from Makirina Cove (Croatia)
| Autor: | Tadej Dolenec, Andrea Bačani, Martina Šparica-Miko, Martina Šparica, Georg Koch, R. Čepelak, Slobodan Miko, Polona Vreča, Stanislav Bergant, Saša Mesić |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Pollution geography geography.geographical_feature_category media_common.quotation_subject General Engineering Peloid Trace element Geochemistry Sediment Medical geology Surficial sediments Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental Chemistry Environmental science healing mud Balneotherapy geochemistry trace metals normalization Enrichment factors pollution Cove General Environmental Science Water Science and Technology media_common |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00254-007-0997-y |
| Popis: | Due to their balneotherapeutic features, the organic-rich sediments in Makirina Cove are an important source of healing mud. An environmental geochemistry approach using normalization techniques was applied to evaluate the anthropogenic contribution of trace metals to sediments used as healing mud. Sediment geochemistry was found to be associated with land-use change and storm events, as well as with proximity of a road with heavy traffic in the summer months. Local valley topography preferentially channels lithogenic and pollutant transport to the cove. Concentrations and distribution of trace metals indicate lithogenic (Ni, Cr, Co) and anthropogenic (Pb, Cu, Zn and Se) contributions to the sediments. The calculation of enrichment factors indicates a moderate (EFs between 2– 3.5) input of anthropogenic Cu and Pb in surficial sediments to a depth of 10 cm. Patients using the Makirina Cove sediments as healing mud could be to some extent exposed to enhanced uptake of metals from anthropogenic sources via dermal contact. |
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