In situ adsorption of mercury, methylmercury and other elements by iron oxyhydroxides and organic matter in lake sediments

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 984-995

  Feyte, Stéphane ^a   Tessier, André ^a   Gobeil, Charles ^a   Cossa, Daniel ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ADSORPTION CONSTANT; AUTHIGENIC; BOTTOM WATER; CATIONIC METALS; DIAGENETICS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IN-SITU ADSORPTION; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; METHYLMERCURY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC MATTER; OVERLYING WATER; OXYHYDROXIDES; PORE WATERS; SEDIMENT WATER INTERFACE; SOLID PHASIS; SOLID-PHASE; STUDY SITES; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WATER COMPOSITION;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; DYES; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; LAKES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE INTERFACES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILVER; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ADSORPTION; AUTHIGENIC MINERAL; COMPLEXATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC SEDIMENT; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 77954864024     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

References (86)

1. Adelson J.M., Helz G.R., Miller C.V. Reconstructing the rise of recent coastal anoxia; molybdenum in Chesapeake Bay sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2001, 65:237-252.
2. Alfaro-De La Torre C., Tessier A. Cadmium deposition and mobility in the sediments of an acidic oligotrophic lake. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2002, 66:3549-3562.
3. Bacon J.R., Davidson C.M. Is there a future for sequential chemical extraction Analyst 2008, 133:25-46.
4. Belzile N., Tessier A. Interactions between arsenic and iron oxyhydroxides in lacustrine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1990, 54:103-109.
5. Belzile N., De Vitre R.R., Tessier A. In situ collection of diagenetic iron and manganese oxhydroxides from natural sediments. Nature 1989, 340:376-377.
6. Bernatchez, M.-N., 2009. Dépôt et mobilité de l'antimoine dans les sédiments de lacs du Bouclier canadien. MSc thesis No. 1163. INRS-ETE, Université du Québec.
7. Bloom N.S., Fitzgerald W.F. Determination of volatile mercury species at picogram level by low temperature gas chromatography with cold-vapour atomic fluorescence detection. Anal. Chim. Acta 1988, 28:151-161.
8. Bothe J.V., Brown P.W. The stabilities of calcium arsenates at 23±1 degrees C. J. Hazard. Mater. 1999, 69:197-207.
9. Bouffard A., Amyot M. Importance of elemental mercury in lake sediments. Chemosphere 2009, 74:1098-1103.
10. Buffle J. Complexation Reactions in Aquatic Systems 1988, Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester.
11. Carbonaro R.F., Di Toro D.M. Linear free energy relationships for metal-ligand complexation: monodentate binding to negatively-charged oxygen donor atoms. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2007, 71:3958-3968.
12. Carignan R., Tessier A. Zinc deposition in acid lakes: the role of diffusion. Science 1985, 228:1524-1526.
13. Carignan R., Rapin F., Tessier A. Sediment porewater sampling for metal analysis: a comparison of techniques. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1985, 49:2493-2497.
14. Chao T.T., Zhou L. Extraction techniques for selective dissolution of amorphous iron oxides from soils and sediments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 1983, 47:225-232.
15. Chappaz, A., 2008. Géochimie du molybdène, du rhénium et de l'uranium dans les sédiments de lacs du Bouclier canadien et des Appalaches. PhD thesis, No. 424. INRS-ETE, Université du Québec.
16. Chappaz A., Gobeil C., Tessier A. Geochemical and anthropogenic enrichments of Mo in sediments from perennially oxic and seasonally anoxic lakes in Eastern Canada. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2008, 72:170-184.
17. Cossa, D., Coquery, M., Nakhlé, K., Claisse, D., 2002. Dosage du mercure total et du monométhylmercure dans les organismes et les sédiments marins. Méthodes d'analyse en milieu marin, Ifremer. ISBN 2-84433-105-X.
18. Cossa, D., Averty, B., Bretaudeau, J., Senard, A.-S., 2003. Spéciation du mercure dissous dans les eaux marines. Méthodes d'analyse en milieu marin. Co-édition Ifremer et Ministère de l'Ecologie et du Développement Durable. ISBN 2-84433-125-4.
19. Cossa D., Averty B., Pirrone N. The origin of methylmercury in open Mediterranean waters. Limnol. Oceanogr. 2009, 54:837-844.
20. Couture R.M., Gobeil C., Tessier A. Chronology of atmospheric deposition of arsenic inferred from reconstructed sedimentary records. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42:6508-6513.
21. Couture R.M., Gobeil C., Tessier A. Arsenic, iron and sulfur co-diagenesis in lake sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2010, 74:1238-1255.
22. Couture R.M., Shafei B., Van Cappellen P., Tessier A., Gobeil C. Non-steady state modeling of arsenic diagenesis in lake sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44:197-203.
23. Crusius J., Calvert S.E., Pedersen T.F., Sage D. Rhenium and molybdenum enrichments in sediments as indicators of oxic, suboxic and sulfidic conditions of deposition. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 1996, 145:65-78.
24. Danielsson A., Carman R., Rahm L., Aigars J. Spatial estimation of nutrient distributions in the Gulf of Riga sediments using cokriging. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 1998, 46:713-722.
25. Davis J.A. Adsorption of natural organic matter at the oxide/water interface. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1984, 46:2381-2393.
26. Davis J.A., Kent D.B. Surface complexation modeling in aqueous geochemistry. Rev. Mineral. 1990, 23:177-260.
27. 3)Hg+ in different ionic media: salt effects and complex formation. J. Chem. Eng. Data 1998, 43:957-960.
28. Dixit S., Hering J.G. Comparison of arsenic(V) and arsenic(III) sorption onto iron oxide minerals: implications for arsenic mobility. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37:4182-4189.
29. Dzombak D., Morel F.M.M. Surface Complexation Modeling: Hydrous Ferric Oxide 1990, Wiley, New York.
30. Essington M.E. Formation of calcium and magnesium molybdate complexes in dilute aqueous solutions. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 1992, 56:1124-1127.
31. Feyte, S., Gobeil, C., Tessier, A., Cossa, D., in preparation. History of atmospheric deposition of mercury reconstructed from sedimentary records corrected for diagenesis.
32. Filella M., May P.M. Computer simulation of the low-molecular-weight inorganic species distribution of antimony(III) and antimony(V) in natural waters. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2003, 67:4013-4031.
33. Fortin D., Leppard G.G., Tessier A. Characteristics of lacustrine diagenetic iron oxyhydroxides. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1993, 57:4391-4404.
34. Gallon C., Tessier A., Gobeil C., Alfaro-De La Torre M.C. Modeling diagenesis of lead in sediments of a Canadian Shield lake. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2004, 68:3531-3545.
35. Gu B., Schmitt J., Chen Z., Liang L., McCarthy J.F. Adsorption and desorption of natural organic matter on iron oxide: mechanisms and models. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1994, 28:38-46.
36. Gustafsson J.P. Modelling molybdate and tungstate adsorption to ferrihydrite. Chem. Geol. 2003, 200:105-115.
37. Hamilton-Taylor J., Willis M., Reynold C.S. Depositional fluxes of metals and phytoplankton in Windermere as measured by sediment traps. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1984, 29:695-710.
38. Hammerschmidt C.R., Fitzgerald W.F. Geochemical controls on the production and distribution of methylmercury in near-shore marine sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38:1487-1495.
39. Hammerschmidt C.R., Fitzgerald W.F. Methylmercury cycling in sediments on the continental shelf of southern New England. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2006, 70:918-930.
40. Hollweg T.A., Gilmour C.C., Mason R.P. Methylmercury production in sediments of Chesapeake Bay and the mid-Atlantic continental margin. Mar. Chem. 2009, 114:86-101.
41. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2001. The IUPAC Stability Constants Database. Academic Software, Sourby Old Farm, Timble, Otley, Yorks, UK.
42. Jenne, E.A., 1968. Controls on Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn concentrations in soils and water: the significant role of hydrous Mn and Fe oxides. In: Gould, R.F. (Ed.), Trace Inorganics in Water. Adv. Chem. Ser. No. 73. Am. Chem. Soc. Washington, DC, pp. 337-387.
43. Krachler M., Shotyk W. Natural and anthropogenic enrichments of molybdenum, thorium, and uranium in a complete peat bog profile, Jura Mountains, Switzerland. J. Environ. Monitor. 2004, 6:418-426.
44. Laforte, L., 2005. Thallium et Indium dans les sédiments de deux lacs du Bouclier Canadien: sources, géochimie et potentiel comme traceurs. MSc thesis, No. 910, INRS-ETE, Université du Québec.
45. Laforte L., Tessier A., Gobeil C., Carignan R. Thallium diagenesis in lake sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2005, 69:5295-5306.
46. Lambertsson L., Nilsson M. Organic material: the primary control on mercury methylation and ambient methylmercury concentrations in estuarine sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40:1822-1829.
47. Leermakers M., Galletti S., De Galan S., Brion N., Baeyens W. Mercury in the Southern North Sea and Scheldt estuary. Mar. Chem. 2001, 75:229-248.
48. Linge K.L. Methods for investigating trace element binding in sediments. Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 38:165-196.
49. Loux N.T. An assessment of thermodynamic reaction constants for simulating aqueous environmental monomethylmercury speciation. Chem. Spec. Bioavailab. 2007, 19:183-196.
50. Luoma S.N., Bryan G.W. A statistical assessment of the form of trace metals in oxidized estuarine sediments employing chemical extractants. Sci. Total Environ. 1981, 17:165-196.
51. Malcolm, R.L., 1985. Geochemistry of stream fulvic and humic substances. In: Aiken, G.R., McKnight, D.M., Wershaw, R.L., MacCarthy, P. (Eds.), Humic Substances in Soil, Sediment and Water. Geochemistry, Isolation and Characterization. Wiley-Interscience, New York, pp. 181-209.
52. Martell, A.E., Smith, R.M., 2001. NIST Critically Selected Stability Constants of Metal Complexes, version 6. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
53. McKnight D.M., Bencala K.E., Zellweger G.W., Aiken G.R., Feder G.L., Thorn K.A. Sorption of dissolved organic carbon by hydrous aluminum and iron oxides occurring at the confluence of Deer Creek with the Snake River, Summit County, Colorado. Environ. Sci. Technol. 1992, 26:1388-1396.
54. Mulla F., Marsicano F., Nakani B.S., Hancock R.D. Stability of ammonia complexes that are unstable to hydrolysis in water. Inorg. Chem. 1985, 24:3076-3080.
55. Murata T. Synchrotron radiation for structure analysis - EXAFS and XANES. Microchim. Acta 1991, 104:435-444.
56. Nordstrom, D.K., Archer, D.G., 2003. Arsenic thermodynamic data and environmental geochemistry. In: Welch, A.H., Stollenwerk, K.G. (Eds), Arsenic in Ground Water, Geochemistry and Occurrence. Kluwer Academic Publications, Norwell, MA, pp. 1-25.
57. Pacyna J.M., Pacyna E.G. An assessment of global and regional emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources worldwide. Environ. Rev. 2001, 9:269-298.
58. Parsons J.G., Aldrich M.V., Gardea-Torresdey J.L. Environmental and biological applications of extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopies. Appl. Spectrosc. Rev. 2002, 37:187-222.
59. -, CO32-, SO42-, and PO43- aqueous systems. Pure Appl. Chem. 2005, 77:739-800.
60. Quirion, R., 2004. Déposition et mobilité de Ag dans les sédiments de lacs du Bouclier Canadien. MSc thesis, No. 869, INRS-ETE, Université du Québec.
61. Rabenstein D.L., Touranqueau M.C., Evans C.A. Proton magnetic resonance and Raman spectroscopic studies of methylmercury(II) complexes of inorganic anions. Can. J. Chem. 1976, 54:2517-2525.
62. Ranville M.A., Flegal A.R. Silver in the North Pacific. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 2005, 6:Q03M01. 10.1029/2004GC000770.
63. Redfield A.C. On the proportions of organic derivatives in seawater and their relation to the composition of plankton. James Johnson Memorial Volume 1934, Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, pp. 176-192. R.J. Daniel (Ed.).
64. Redman A.D., Macalady D.L., Ahmann D. Natural organic matter affects arsenic speciation and sorption onto hematite. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2002, 36:2889-2896.
65. Schecher, M.E., McAvoy, D., 1998. MINEQL+. Environ. Res. Softw.
66. Schlautman M.A., Morgan J.J. Adsorption of aquatic humic substances on colloidal-size aluminium oxide particles: influence of solution chemistry. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1994, 58:4293-4303.
67. Schwertmann U., Wagner F., Knicker H. Ferrihydrite-humic associations: magnetic hyperfine interactions. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2005, 69:1009-1015.
68. Sigg L., Sturm M., Kistler D. Vertical transport of heavy metals by settling particles. Limnol. Oceanogr. 1987, 32:112-130.
69. Singer D.M., Zachara J.M., Brown G.E. Uranium speciation as a function of depth in contaminated Hanford sediments - a micro-XRF, micro-XRD, and micro- and bulk-XAFS study. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43:630-636.
70. Smith R.M., Martell A.E. Critical Stability Constants: Inorganic Complexes 1976, vol. 4. Plenum Press, New York.
71. Sposito G. The Surface Chemistry of Soils 1984, Oxford University Press, New York.
72. Stoichev, T., Rodriguez Martin-Doimeadios, R.C., Tessier, E., Amouroux, D., Donard, O.F.X., 2004. Improvement of analytical performances for mercury speciation by on-line derivatization, cryofocussing and atomic fluorescence spectrometry. Talanta 62, 433-438.
73. Sunderland E.M., Gobas F.A.P.C., Branfireun B.A., Heyes A. Environmental controls on the speciation and distribution of mercury in coastal sediments. Mar. Chem. 2006, 102:111-123.
74. Tessier A., Campbell P.G.C., Bisson M. Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metals. Anal Chem. 1979, 51:844-851.
75. Tessier A., Carignan R., Dubreuil B., Rapin F. Partitioning of zinc between the water column and the oxic sediments in lakes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1989, 53:1511-1522.
76. Tessier A., Fortin D., Belzile N., DeVitre R.R., Leppard G.G. Metal sorption to diagenetic iron and manganese oxyhydroxides and associated organic matter: narrowing the gap between field and laboratory measurements. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1996, 60:387-404.
77. Tiffreau C., Lützenkirchen J., Behra P. Modeling the adsorption of mercury(II) on (hydr)oxides. 1. Amorphous iron oxides and α-quartz. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 1995, 172:82-93.
78. Tipping E. The adsorption of aquatic humic substances by iron oxides. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1981, 45:191-199.
79. Tipping E. WHAM - a chemical equilibrium model and computer code for waters, sediments, and soils incorporating a discrete site/electrostatic model of ion-binding by humic substances. Comp. Geosci. 1994, 20:973-1023.
80. Tipping E. Humic ion-binding model VI: an improved description of the interactions of protons and metal ions with humic substances. Aquat. Geochem. 1998, 4:3-48.
81. Tipping, E., 2002. Cation Binding by Humic Substances. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
82. Tipping E. Modelling the interactions of Hg(II) and methylmercury with humic substances using WHAM/Model VI. Appl. Geochem. 2007, 22:1624-1635.
83. Tipping E., Woof C., Cooke D. Iron oxide from a seasonally anoxic lake. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1981, 45:1411-1419.
84. Whiting, K.S., 1992. The thermodynamics and geochemistry of arsenic with application to subsurface waters at the Sharon Steel superfund site at Midwale, Utah. MSc thesis T-4128. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
85. 31P NMR study of equilibria in the molybdophenylphophonate system in 0.6 M Na(Cl) medium. Inorg. Chem. 1987, 26:3926-3933.
86. Zhao F.J., Lehmann J., Solomon D., Fox M.A., McGrath S.P. Sulphur speciation and turnover in soils: evidence from sulphur K-edge XANES spectroscopy and isotope dilution studies. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2006, 38:1000-1007.