scholarly journals Spatial distribution of sediment pollution in the Khajeh Kory River using Kriging and GIS

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Zare

<p>The aim of this research was to study of sediment pollution conditions in the river bed of Khajeh Kory, which passes from the southern border of the Caspian Sea in Astara City. To determine the pollution of river bed sediment along the route, from the river source in the heights to estuary in the Caspian sea, sampling was conducted at 10 stations. Afterward, each sample was divided into two groups based on size (&gt;63 µm and &lt;63 µm). The concentration of heavy metals Cu, Cd, Co, Zn, Pb, Ni, Fe, and Mn in each group was measured using ICP-OES. In the next stage, the enrichment of samples was determined by normalization with aluminum. The data were then interpolated using the Kriging method and various models (including spherical, circular, exponential, Gaussian) were fitted to the data, and the best method was selected using the Cross Validation method. Using the obtained enrichment outcomes, an information layer was produced for each element in the GIS environment utilizing the Kriging method. The layers were aggregated and the compiled layer was  classified into 4 layers again. Using this method, the length of the river from its source to the sea estuary was characterized based on the contamination of heavy metals, and contaminated and unpolluted areas in river sediments could be observed. The source of this pollution, either natural or manmade, was revealed through this method.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>El objeto de esta investigación fue estudiar las condiciones de contaminación sedimentaria en el lecho del río Khajeh Kory, que se extiende desde el borde sur del Mar Caspio en la ciudad de Astara. Para determinar la contaminación del lecho sedimentario, se recolectaron muestras en 10 estaciones establecidas entre la fuente del río en sus partes altas hasta los estuarios en el Mar Caspio. Después, cada muestra fue dividida en dos grupos de acuerdo con el tamaño (&gt;63 µm and &lt;63 µm). La concentración de metales pesados Cu, Cd, Co, Zn, Pb, Ni, Fe y Mn en cada grupo se midió con la técnica ICP-OES. En la siguiente etapa, se determinó el enriquecimiento de las muestras por la normalización con aluminio. Los datos se interpolaron luego con el método Kriging y varios modelos (incluidos el esférico, el circular, el exponencial, el gaussiano) se ajustaron a la información y se seleccionó el mejor método a través de la Validación Cruzada. Con los resultados obtenidos del enriquecimiento se produjo una capa de información para cada elemento en el ambiente GIS a través del método Kriging. Las capas fueron agregadas y la compilación de estas se clasificó nuevamente en otras cuatro capas. De esta forma se caracterizó el río a lo largo, desde su nacimiento hasta el estuario marino, con base en la contaminación de metales pesados y se pudo distinguir entre las zonas contaminadas y las áreas limpias en sedimentos. Las fuentes de esta contaminación, sean naturales o humanas, también se identificaron con este método.</p>

2014 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 262-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazem Darvish Bastami ◽  
Hossein Bagheri ◽  
Vahid Kheirabadi ◽  
Ghasem Ghorbanzadeh Zaferani ◽  
Mohammad Bagher Teymori ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arístide Márquez ◽  
Gregorio Martínez ◽  
Julio Figuera ◽  
Ivis Fermín ◽  
William James Senior ◽  
...  

This paper reports the geochemical characteristics and environmental conditions of Cuchivero river sediments in Venezuela, depending on particle size, organic matter, organic carbon, nitrogen and total phosphorus, carbonates and heavy metals. The granulometry was typified by a predominance of sands with low organic matter (0.52 to 0.87%), organic carbon (0.06 to 0.09%) and carbonates content (0.54 to 2.61%) as well as high values of total nitrogen (602-985 mg / kg). The poor correlation between nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter, suggests presence of nitrogen and total phosphorus of allochthonous origin and no Redfield organic matter. The average heavy metals in mg/kg, showed a descending concentration gradient, Fe (410)&gt; Mn (63.14)&gt; Zn (9.01)&gt; Ni (3.38)&gt; (2.21Cu)&gt; Cr (2.09)&gt; Co (1.13)&gt; Cd (0.21) &gt; Pb (0.07) mg / kg, with an association to the sands and carbonates, suggesting lithogenic origin. From the environmental point of view, there is no evidence of anthropogenic impact, as reflected by levels of organic matter and heavy metals which are below of the permissible values.


Alchemist ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
S.R. Hajiyeva ◽  
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T.I. Aliyeva ◽  
N.M. Cafarova

Water samples were taken from the Shikh shore of the Caspian Sea to conduct the research. In the marine water samples taken from the area, heavy metals were identified using the Agilent 7500 Series ICP-MS device. The analyzes were performed in the Complex Analytical Research Laboratory of the National Department of Environmental Monitoring


Author(s):  
Tatiana Ershova ◽  
Vyacheslav Fedorovich Zaitsev ◽  
Vladimir Chaplygin ◽  
Asylbek Shakhmuratovich Kanbetov

Research objective was to identify the specific features of distribution of microelements (zink, manganese, lead, cadmium) in organs and tissues of black-backed shad Alosa kessleri kessleri (Grimm, 1887) and Dolginsky herring Alosa braschnikowii braschnikowii (Borodin, 1904) caught in the Caspian Sea. Accumulated in the tissues and organs of fish in concentrations exceeding the maximum permissible limits, heavy metals pose a danger to human health. Sampling was carried out by the standard techniques, definition of minerals was made by method of atomic and absorbing spectroscopy using an atomic and absorbing spectrometer with electrothermal atomization of MGA-915 MD. The analysis of the obtained data showed that distribution of minerals in the organs and tissues of the studied herring species had a similar pattern: the highest concentrations of minerals were registered in the gills and liver, the smallest - in muscle tissue. In comparison with black-backed shad the organs and tissues of Dolginsky herring had higher concentrations of chemical elements. Zinc has been found to accumulate mainly in the liver; manganese, lead and cadmium - in the gills. Accumulation of zinc, cadmium and lead in the studied bodies and tissues of fishes exceeded acceptable level.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Mahmood Saghali ◽  
Rauf Baqraf ◽  
Parisa NejatkhahManavi ◽  
S.Abbas Hosseini ◽  
Rahman Patymar

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
Mohammad Forouhar Vajargah ◽  
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Masoud Sattari ◽  
Javid Imanpour Namin ◽  
Mehdi Bibak ◽  
...  

Background: The Caspian Sea is surrounded by Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Russia. Rutilus kutum is a highly steamed fish species caught from the South Caspian Sea, but little data available on Trace Element (TE) concentrations in its skin. Methods: We caught 51 R. kutum from three stations (i.e., Anzali, Astara, and Kiashahr) in the southern shoreline of the Caspian Sea from September 2017 to January 2018, and ICP-OES was used to assay TE concentrations in their skin. Results: The Trace Element Concentrations (TECs) measured in the skin (except for potassium) did not display significant differences between the stations and only the concentration of potassium was higher in Kiashahr than in other areas. Conclusion: TE levels in the R. kutum skin were lower than those in the previous reports from the Caspian Sea, which could not result in any risk to human health.


2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 26-51
Author(s):  
V. V. Gordeev ◽  
N. V. Kozina ◽  
G. N. Baturin

Atomic absorption determinations of a group of heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, Pb, Fe, Mn) in 190 samples of surface bottom sediments of the Middle and Southern Caspian Sea that were sampled by crab in middle of XX century (the collection of G.N. Baturin) and in 30 samples of recent sampling by grab also (2012–2015) were carried out. The aim of the investigations was to construct the schematic maps of heavy metal distribution in bottom sediments of both parts of the Caspian Sea on the materials of a half of century prescription that may serve as a base for comparison with the data of recent researches in frameworks of the program “The Caspian Sea System” under leadership of academic A.P.Lisitzin from 2012 till present time. The comparison between chemical composition of old and new sediment samples was realized, their similarities and divergences were revealed and probable reasons of divergences were presented. The maps of distribution of several metals (Fe, Mn, Co, Cr) are submitted together with necessary for interpretation maps of CaCO3, Corg and some other. It was shown that the structure of maps for all metals investigated was very similar because all these metals had concern to the group of iron.


2018 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 555-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mojtaba Mohseni ◽  
Jaber Abbaszadeh ◽  
Shima-Sadat Maghool ◽  
Mohammad-Javad Chaichi

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