The alteration of hydrologic condition of Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) after impoundment has caused numerous environmental changes. This study investigated the distribution, accumulation and potential sources of the seldom monitored trace elements (SMTEs) in sediments from three tributaries (ZY, MX and CT) and one mainstream (CJ) in TGR during different seasons. The average contents of most SMT...

This paper examined the efficiency of artificial neural network (ANN) and multivariate linear regression (MLR) models in prediction groundwater quality parameters such as ecological risk index (ERI), pollution load (PLI), metal (MPI), Nemerow (NPI), geoaccumulation (Igeo). 40 samples were collected systematically analyzed for mainly heavy metals. Results revealed that adopting measured is effec...

eight selected heavy metals (cu, zn, pb, cd, cr, mn, fe and al) in surface and sub-surfacesediments in the northern coast of sfax (tunisia) were studied in order to assess the sediment quality and tohighlight the anthropogenic contributions to heavy metal distributions in the two study sediment levels.multiple chemometric approaches based on geographic information system (gis), enrichment facto...

Mercury (Hg) is a global and widely distributed heavy metal pollutant. can affect human health as well the of ecosystems poses ecological risks. The subjects this study are three types grassland in Beidianzi region, Songnen Plains, Northeastern China, characterized by different degrees degradation. mercury content levels atmosphere, soil, forage grass on grasslands were determined. In addition,...

As distribuições de Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Fe e Al foram investigadas em sedimentos superficiais coletados em 19 sítios da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Sergipe, Nordeste do Brasil. Foi definida uma base geoquímica para a região (RGB) usando o ferro como elemento de referência. Fatores de enriquecimento (EF) e índice de geoacumulação (Igeo) foram empregados para determinar a contribuição por orige...

Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks are widely exposed around Trabzon, Giresun and Gümüşhane in the eastern Pontides. The mainly composed of sandstones marls, thicknesses these range from 170 to 400 m. This paper focused on Late regions identify concentrations, sources, deposition environment conditions certain heavy metal(loid)s (Zn, Pb, Cu, Ni, As, Co, Mo V). Enrichment factor (EF), geo-accumu...

Areas polluted by heavy metals in soil may pose a major risk to human health and ecological environment safety. In this study, 89 samples were collected from four potato producing areas (Libo, Chishui, Panxian Weining) Guizhou Province, China, the concentrations of 9 analyzed measured. The aims study was evaluate pollution index some potato-producing Province using geoaccumulation method, load ...

The objectives of this study were to investigate the seasonal and spatial variations of heavy metal pollution in the overlying water and surface sediments of the Tiaozi River, a tributary of the Liao River, which is one of the seven major rivers and one of the most heavily-polluted rivers in China. Water and sediment samples were collected over four seasons, analyzed for heavy metals (Pb, Cu, N...