Hydraulic controls on the entrapment of heavy metal-polluted sediments on a floodplain of variable width, the upper Vistula River, southern Poland

Geomorphology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 117 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 272-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bartłomiej Wyżga ◽  
Dariusz Ciszewski
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
Polluted Sediments

Obsidian in the Early Neolithic of the Upper Vistula basin: origin, processing, distribution and use – a case study from Tominy (southern Poland)

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Szeliga ◽  
Zsolt Kasztovszky ◽  
Grzegorz Osipowicz ◽  
Veronika Szilágyi
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Prompt Gamma ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Musical Note ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
The Carpathians ◽  
Vistula River

Abstract The inflow of the Carpathian obsidian into the areas on the northern side of the Carpathians and the Sudetes is confirmed as early as in the Palaeolithic. However, its greatest intensity occurred in the Early Neolithic, i. e. in the late 6th and in the first half of 5th millennia BC. During that period, the phenomenon was closely related with the development of the Danubian cultural groups in the upper Vistula river basin, including especially Linear Pottery culture (LBK) and Malice Culture. The constant presence of this raw material products in mentioned areas is documented from the classical (musical-note) phase of LBK, constituting one of the most expressive pieces of evidence of permanent and intense intercultural contacts with communities of the northern Carpathian Basin. This phenomenon has been repeatedly emphasized in the literature. One of the most numerous LBK obsidian inventories in the upper Vistula river basin was obtained at site 6 in Tominy, located in southern Poland, in the non-loess zone of the Sandomierz Upland northern foreground. The above-mentioned collection, its non-destructive elemental analysis, using Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA) and also traceological analysis, is the subject of this article. The results supplement the published data to a significant extent, simultaneously providing partial verification and updating of the current state of knowledge on the basic issues related to the Early Neolithic obsidian inflow into areas located North of the Carpathians, including primarily the origin of the raw material, the scale of its processing and distribution ways, as well as the range of its use by the LBK communities.

scholarly journals Research on Progress in Combined Remediation Technologies of Heavy Metal Polluted Sediment

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 5098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhang ◽  
Xiangchun Wang ◽  
Long Yang ◽  
Yangyang Chu
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
River Sediments ◽  
Aquatic Organisms ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Contaminated Sediment ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Polluted Sediments ◽  
Great Harm

Heavy metals contaminated sediment has become a worldwide environmental issue due to its great harm to human and aquatic organisms. Thus, economical, effective, and environmentally-friendly remediation technologies are urgently needed. Among which, combined remediation technologies have attracted widespread attention for their unique advantages. This paper introduces combined remediation technologies based on physical-, chemical-, and bio-remediation of heavy metal polluted sediments. Firstly, the research progress in physical-chemical, bio-chemical, and inter-organismal (including plants, animals, microorganisms) remediation of heavy metal polluted sediments are summarized. Additionally, the paper analyzes the problems of the process of combined remediation of heavy metals in river sediments and outlooks the future development trends of remediation technologies. Overall, this review provides useful technology references for the control and treatment of heavy metal pollution in river sediments.

scholarly journals Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Vistula river (Poland) sediments by using magnetic methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (19) ◽  
pp. 24129-24144
Author(s):  
Iga Szczepaniak-Wnuk ◽  
Beata Górka-Kostrubiec ◽  
Sylwia Dytłow ◽  
Piotr Szwarczewski ◽  
Piotr Kwapuliński ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
Magnetic Methods

Integrated biostratigraphy of the Santonian through Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of extra-Carpathian Poland

2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ireneusz Walaszczyk ◽  
Zofia Dubicka ◽  
Danuta Olszewska-Nejbert ◽  
Zbigniew Remin
Keyword(s):  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Entire Interval ◽  
Benthic Foraminifers ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
Composite Section ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Western Ukraine ◽  
Stage Boundaries

AbstractThe biostratigraphic importance, current zonations, and potential for the recognition of the standard chronostratigraphic boundaries of five palaeontological groups (benthic foraminifers, ammonites, belemnites, inoceramid bivalves and echinoids), critical for the stratigraphy of the Santonian through Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of extra-Carpathian Poland, are presented and discussed. The summary is based on recent studies in selected sections of southern Poland (Nida Synclinorium; Puławy Trough including the Middle Vistula River composite section; and Mielnik and Kornica sections of south-eastern Mazury-Podlasie Homocline) and of western Ukraine (Dubivtsi). The new zonation based on benthic forams is presented for the entire interval studied. Zonations for ammonites, belemnites and inoceramid bivalves are compiled. All stage boundaries, as currently defined or understood, may easily be constrained or precisely located with the groups discussed: the base of the Santonian with the First Occurrence (FO) of the inoceramid Cladoceramus undulatoplicatus; the base of the Campanian with the Last Occurrence (LO) of the crinoid Marsupites testudinarius and approximated by the range of the foraminifer Stensioeina pommerana; and the base of the Maastrichtian approximated by the FO of the inoceramid bivalve Endocostea typica and the FO of the belemnite Belemnella vistulensis. The positions of substage boundaries, as currently understood, are constrained in terms of the groups discussed.

scholarly journals Degradation of Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metal Reduction by Marine Bacteria in Highly Contaminated Sediments

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1402
Author(s):  
Filippo Dell’Anno ◽  
Christophe Brunet ◽  
Leonardo Joaquim van Zyl ◽  
Marla Trindade ◽  
Peter N. Golyshin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Aromatic Hydrocarbons ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Microbial Consortia ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Gulf Of Naples ◽  
Lead And Cadmium ◽  
Polluted Sediments ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic

Investigations on the ability of bacteria to enhance removal of hydrocarbons and reduce heavy metal toxicity in sediments are necessary to design more effective bioremediation strategies. In this study, five bacterial strains, Halomonas sp. SZN1, Alcanivorax sp. SZN2, Pseudoalteromonas sp. SZN3, Epibacterium sp. SZN4, and Virgibacillus sp. SZN7, were isolated from polluted sediments from an abandoned industrial site in the Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea, and tested for their bioremediation efficiency on sediment samples collected from the same site. These bacteria were added as consortia or as individual cultures into polluted sediments to assess biodegradation efficiency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metal immobilisation capacity. Our results indicate that these bacteria were able to remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, with a removal rate up to ca. 80% for dibenzo-anthracene. In addition, these bacteria reduced arsenic, lead, and cadmium mobility by promoting their partitioning into less mobile and bioavailable fractions. Microbial consortia generally showed higher performance toward pollutants as compared with pure isolates, suggesting potential synergistic interactions able to enhance bioremediation capacity. Overall, our findings suggest that highly polluted sediments select for bacteria efficient at reducing the toxicity of hazardous compounds, paving the way for scaled-up bioremediation trials.

scholarly journals Diversity and Distribution of Heavy Metal-Resistant Bacteria in Polluted Sediments of the Araça Bay, São Sebastião (SP), and the Relationship Between Heavy Metals and Organic Matter Concentrations

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 582-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Del Busso Zampieri ◽  
Aline Bartelochi Pinto ◽  
Leonardo Schultz ◽  
Marcos Antonio de Oliveira ◽  
Ana Julia Fernandes Cardoso de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Resistant Bacteria ◽  
Polluted Sediments ◽  
Heavy Metal Resistant ◽  
The Relationship
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