Heavy metals in vertical profiles of the middle Odra River overbank sediments: Evidence for pollution changes

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 81-98

  Ciszewski, Dariusz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Odra River; Pollution chronology; River accumulation; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HEAVY METALS; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

VERTICAL PROFILES;

SEDIMENTS;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

CHRONOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MINING; POLAND; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

POLAND;

EID: 0037304977     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022825103974     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bojakowska, I. and Sokołowska, G.: 1998, 'Wpływ górnictwa i hutnictwa rud metali na zanieczyszczenie pierwiastkami śladowymi aluwiów Odry', Prz. Geol. 46, 603-608 (in Polish).
2. Bölviken, B., Bogen, J., Demetriades, A., De Vos, W., Ebbing, J., Hindel, R., Langedal, M., Locutura, J., O'Connor, P., Otessen, R.T., Pulkkinen, E., Salminen, R., Schermann, O., Swennen, R., Van der Sluys, J. and Volden, T.: 1996, 'Regional geochemical mapping of western Europe towards the year 2000', J. Geochem. Explor. 56, 141-166.
3. Bubb, J. M. and Lester, J. N.: 1991, 'The impact of heavy metals on lowland rivers and the implications for man and the environment', Sc. Tot. Env. 100, 207-233.
4. De Vos, W., Ebbing, J., Hindel, R., Schalich, J., Swennen, R. and Van Keer, I.: 1996, 'Geochemical mapping based on overbank sediments in the heavily industrialised border area of Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands', J. Geochem. Explor. 56, 91-104.
5. EPA method 3051: 1990, 'Microvawe assisted acid digestion of sediments sludges', Soil and oils.
6. Förstner, U. and Wittmann G. T. W.: 1983, 'Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment', Springer, 473 pp.
7. Graf, W. L., Clark, S. L., Kammerer, M. T., Lehman, T., Randall, K. and Schroeder, R., 1991, 'Geomorphology of heavy metals in the sediments of Queen Creek, Arizona, USA', Catena 18, 567-582.
8. Helios-Rybicka, E.: 1995, 'Environmental Impact of the Mining Industry in Poland', in W. Salomons, U. Förstner and P. Mader (eds), Heavy Metals: Problems and Solutions, Springer, Berlin, pp. 271-285.
9. Helios-Rybicka, E., Wardas, M., Strzebońska M. and Budek L.: 1998, 'Accumulation and Mobilisation of Heavy Metals in the Bottom and Flood Sediments of the River Oder', in: M. Landsbeg-Uczciwek, M. Adrianse and M. Enderlein (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference 'Management of transboundary waters in Europe, Mrzezyno, Poland, 22-25 Sept. 1997, pp. 453-459.
10. Helios-Rybicka, E. and Strzebońska, M.: 1999, 'Distribution and chemical forms of heavy metals in the flood 1997 sediments of the upper and middle Odra River and its tributaries, Poland', Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 27, 331-337.
11. Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Macklin, M. G., Curtis, C. D. and Vaughan, D. J.: 1998, 'Chemical remobilization of contaminant metals within floodplain sediments in an incising river system: implications for dating and chemostratigraphy', Earth Surf. Proc. Landf. 23, 671-684.
12. Jezierski, A. and Leszczyńska, C.: 1997, 'Historia gospodarcza Polski', Key Text, Warszawa, 560 pp (in Polish).
13. Klimek, K.: 1999, 'A 1000 year alluvial sequence as an indicator of catchment/floodplain interaction: the Ruda valley, Sub-carpathians, Poland', in T. A. Quine and A. G. Brown (eds), Fluvial processes and environmental change, Wiley, Chichester, pp. 329-343.
14. Knox, J. C.: 1987, 'Historical valley floor sedimentation in the Upper Mississippi Valley', Ann. Assoc. Am. Geogr. 77, 224-244.
15. Langedall, M. and Otessen, R. T.: 1998, 'Airborne pollution in five drainage basins in eastern Finnmark, Norvay: an evaluation of overbank sediments as sampling medium for environmental studies and geochemical mapping', Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. 101, 377-398.
16. Leigh, D. S.: 1997, 'Mercury-tainted overbank sediment from past gold mining in north Georgia, USA', Env. Geol. 30, 244-250.
17. Lis, J. and Pasieczna, A.: 1999, 'Geochemical atlas of Legnica Copper District', 1:250 000, PIG, Warszawa, 77 pp.
18. Macklin, M. G. and Klimek, K.: 1992, 'Dispersal, storage and transformation of metal contaminated alluvium in the Upper Vistula basin, southwest Poland', Appl. Geogr. 12, 7-30.
19. Macklin, M. G., Ridgway, J., Passmore, D. G. and Rumsby, B. T.: 1994, 'The use of overbank sediment for geochemical mapping and contamination assessment: results from selected English and Welsh floodplains', Appl. Geochem. 9, 689-700.
20. Marriott S.B.: 1996, 'Analysis and modelling of overbank deposits', in M. Anderson, D. E. Walling and P. D. Bates (eds), Floodplain processes, John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp. 63-93.
21. Maskall, J., Whitehead, K., Gee, C. and Thornton I.: 1996, 'Long term migration of metals at historical sites', Appl. Geochem. 12, 7-30.
22. Matschullat, J., Ellminger, F., Agdemir, N., Cramer, S., Liessman, W. and Niehoff N.: 1997, 'Overbank sediment profiles-evidence of early mining and smelting activities in the Harz mountains, Germany', Appl. Geochem. 12, 105-114.
23. Michalkiewicz, S.: 1985, Historia Ślaska t. III, part 2, 1891-1918, Zakł. im. Ossolińskich, Wrocław, 793 pp (in Polish).
24. Muszyński, W.: 1948, 'Rozwój regulacji Odry', Gosp. Wodna 8, 127-132 (in Polish).
25. Niemirycz, E.: 1999, 'The pollution load from the River Odra in comparison to that in other Polish rivers in 1988-1997', Acta Hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 27, 286-291.
26. Niskavaara, H., Reimann, C. and Chekushin, V.: 1996, 'Distribution and pathways of heavy metals and sulphur in the vicinity of the copper-nikel smelters in Nikel and Zapoljarnyj, Kola Penninsula, Russia, as revealed by different sample media', Appl. Geochem. 11, 25-34.
27. Piestrzyński, A.: 1996, Monografia KGHM, CBPM Cuprum, Wrocław, 1220 pp (in Polish).
28. Przewłocki, J., Blezel, H. and Korol, R.: 1992, 'Zanieczyszczenie wód dorzecza Odry metalami ciezkimi oraz mȯzliwości jego zmniejszenia', Ochr. Środ. i Zas. Nat. 4, 21-33 (in Polish).
29. Swennen, R., Van Kerr, I. and De Vos, W.: 1994, 'Heavy metal contamination in overbank sediments of the Geul river (East Belgium): its relation to former Pb-Zn mining activities', Env. Geol. 24, 12-21.
30. Swennen, R. and Van der Sluys J.: 1998, 'Zn, Pb, Cu and As distribution in overbank and medium-order stream sediment samples: their use in exploration and environmental geochemistry', J. Geochem. Explor. 65, 27-45.
31. Taylor, M. P.: 1996, 'The variability of heavy metals in floodplain sediments: a case study from mid Wales', Catena 28, 71-87.
32. Turski, R.: 1986, 'Gleboznawstwo', PWN, Warszawa, 275 pp. (in Polish).
33. Volden, T., Reimann, C., Pavlov, V.A., de Caritat, P. and Äyräs, M.: 1997, 'Overbank sediments from the surroundings of the Russian nickel mining and smelting industry on the Kola Peninsula', Env. Geol. 32, 175-185.
34. Wyzga, B.: 1999, 'Estimating mean flow velocity in channel and floodplain areas and its use for explaining the pattern of overbank deposition and floodplain retention', Geomorph. 28, 281-297.
35. Zwolsman, J. J. G., Berger, G. W. and Van Eck, G. T. M.: 1993, 'Sediment accumulation rates, historical input, postdepositional mobility and retention of major elements and trace metals in salt marsh sediments of the Scheldt estuary, SW Netherlands', Mar. Chem. 44, 73-94.