环境危害评估和沿海沉积物中的金属污染
Ramamoorthy Ayyamperumal1, Kajal Kumari2, M Suresh Gandhi3
1MOE Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources in Western China, College of Earth Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province- 730000, PR China; MOE Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental System, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou-730000, PR China.
Chemosphere
|July 24, 2023
概括
泰米尔纳德邦的沿海沉积物污染显示出大量的污染,其他金属如和铜也存在. 大多数地区都存在污染,因此需要制定保护这些重要的海洋生态系统的战略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 海洋地质 海洋地质学
- 地质化学 地质化学
背景情况:
- 沿海和海洋污染对自然生态系统构成重大威胁.
- 了解影响重金属分布的因素对于有效的污染控制至关重要.
- 泰米尔纳德州的东海岸容易受到各种污染源的影响,影响其海洋环境.
研究的目的:
- 调查和评估重金属 (Fe,Mn,Zn,Cr,Pb,Co和Cu) 在泰米尔纳德州东海岸的表面沉积物中的分布.
- 评估重金属污染的水平及其生态风险.
- 确定沿海地区沉积重金属的主要来源.
主要方法:
- 使用了地理信息系统 (GIS) 和遥感技术.
- 在表面沉积物样本中分析重金属度 (Fe,Mn,Zn,Cr,Pb,Co,Cu).
- 污染因子 (CF),地质积累指数 (Igeo),污染负载指数 (PLI),生态风险指数 (ERI) 和平均效应范围中位数 (M-ERM-Q) 的计算.
主要成果:
- 沉积物中没有Fe,Mn或Zn的污染,Co,Cu和Pb的轻微污染,以及Cr的严重污染.
- 重金属污染的顺序是:Cr > Pb > Cu > Co > Mn > Zn > Fe. 这些重金属污染的顺序是: Cr > Pb > Cu > Co > Mn > Zn > Fe.
- 污染负荷指数 (PLI) 表示大多数地点的污染,生态风险指数 (ERI) 显示Cr,Pb,Cu,Mn和Zn是关键的风险因素.
结论:
- (Cr) 是主要令人担忧的重金属,表明沉积物受到严重污染.
- 虽然大多数重金属似乎是自然产生的,但人为投入是沿海地区沉积的主要驱动因素.
- 这些发现为制定减轻污染和保护沿海地区的实际战略提供了框架.
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