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Sucharita Chakraborty1, Parthasarathi Chakraborty2, Prasad Padalkar2
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India; CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India.
Abstract:
This is the first study to comprehend copper (Cu)-dynamics in a monsoon fed Indian estuarine system (the Mandovi estuary from the central west coast of India). Distribution and speciation of Cu in estuarine sediment, pore water, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and water column was used to understand geochemical cycling of Cu in the estuary. Geochemical fractionation study reveals that sedimentary organic carbon (Corg) was the major hosting phase for non-residual Cu in the sediments. Experimental analysis and chemical speciation modelling suggests that leaching of sedimentary Cu2+, CuCO3 and a fraction of Cu-Corg complexes increased Cu-concentrations in the pore water towards the downstream of the estuary. Dissolved Cu concentration in overlying water column was observed to increase with increasing Cu concentrations in the pore water. This study suggests that chemical speciation of sedimentary Cu play key role in controlling its distribution and dynamics in the tropical estuarine system during dry period.
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