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Trace metals in suspended particulate matter and sediments from the Severnaya Dvina estuary, Russian Arctic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

S.E. Koukina ,
A. Calafat-Frau ,
H. Hummel  and
R. Palerud
S.E. Koukina
Affiliation:
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Science, 36 Nakhimovsky prospekt, 117851 Moscow, Russia
A. Calafat-Frau
Affiliation:
GRC Geociencies Marines, Dept Estratigrafia i Paleontologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Zona Universitaria de Pedralbes, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
H. Hummel
Affiliation:
Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Korringaweg 7, Postbus 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, The Netherlands
R. Palerud
Affiliation:
Akvaplan-Niva, Strandtorget 2B, 9001 Tromsø, Norway
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Abstract

A geochemical study of the Severnaya Dvina estuary was carried out during two oceanographic cruises to the White Sea. The amount and distribution of trace (Mn, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) and major (Al and Fe) elements in suspended particulate matter and sediments were determined. The main source of most metals studied was river discharge. A metal speciation study showed that the prevailing form is in the estuarine sediments, the minerals of which incorporated 60–99% of the total metal contents. Two zones of metal accumulation were found in sediments that were considered as local geochemical barriers within the major river–sea barrier.

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Polar Record , Volume 37 , Issue 202 , July 2001 , pp. 249 - 256
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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