Heavy metals and carbon isotope concentrations in recent Baltic Sea sediments
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| author | Erlenkeuser, Helmut Suess, Erwin Willkomm, Horst |
| author_facet | Erlenkeuser, Helmut Suess, Erwin Willkomm, Horst |
| collection | Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales |
| contents | Recent sediment cores of the western Baltic Sea were analyzed for heavy metal and carbon isotope contents. The sedimentation rate was determined from radiocarbon dates to be 1.4 mm/yr. The 'recent age' of the sediment was about 850 yr. Within the upper 20 cm of sediment, certain heavy metals became increasingly enriched towards the surface; Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu increased 7-, 4-, 3- and 2-fold, respectively, whereas Fe, Mn, Ni and Co remained unchanged. Simultaneously, the radiocarbon content decreased by about 14 per cent. The enrichment in heavy metals as well as the decrease in the 14C-concentration during the last 130 ± 30yr parallels industrial growth as reflected in European fossil fuel consumption within that same period of time. The near-surface sediments are affected by residues released from fossil fuels at the rate of about 30 g/m**2 yr for the past two decades. The residues have a pronounced effect on the heavy metal and carbon isotope composition of the most Recent sediments allowing estimates to be made for sedimentation, erosion and heavy metal pollution. |
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| spellingShingle | Heavy metals and carbon isotope concentrations in recent Baltic Sea sediments Erlenkeuser, Helmut Suess, Erwin Willkomm, Horst Baltic Sea; BC; Box corer; Eckernförder Bucht; GC; GIK/IfG; GIK-A; GIK-B; GIK-cruise; Gravity corer; Institute for Geosciences, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel; KI-483; KI-620; SFB95; Wechselwirkung Meer-Meeresboden (Interaction Sea-Sea Bottom) Recent sediment cores of the western Baltic Sea were analyzed for heavy metal and carbon isotope contents. The sedimentation rate was determined from radiocarbon dates to be 1.4 mm/yr. The 'recent age' of the sediment was about 850 yr. Within the upper 20 cm of sediment, certain heavy metals became increasingly enriched towards the surface; Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu increased 7-, 4-, 3- and 2-fold, respectively, whereas Fe, Mn, Ni and Co remained unchanged. Simultaneously, the radiocarbon content decreased by about 14 per cent. The enrichment in heavy metals as well as the decrease in the 14C-concentration during the last 130 ± 30yr parallels industrial growth as reflected in European fossil fuel consumption within that same period of time. The near-surface sediments are affected by residues released from fossil fuels at the rate of about 30 g/m**2 yr for the past two decades. The residues have a pronounced effect on the heavy metal and carbon isotope composition of the most Recent sediments allowing estimates to be made for sedimentation, erosion and heavy metal pollution. |
| title | Heavy metals and carbon isotope concentrations in recent Baltic Sea sediments |
| topic | Baltic Sea; BC; Box corer; Eckernförder Bucht; GC; GIK/IfG; GIK-A; GIK-B; GIK-cruise; Gravity corer; Institute for Geosciences, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel; KI-483; KI-620; SFB95; Wechselwirkung Meer-Meeresboden (Interaction Sea-Sea Bottom) |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.738438 |