Sedimentary record and anthropogenic pollution of a complex, multiple source fed dam reservoirs: An example from the Nove Mlyny reservoir, Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F17%3A00107793" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/17:00107793 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/61388980:_____/17:00467680 RIV/61989592:15310/17:73578950

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716318290" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716318290</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.127" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.127</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sedimentary record and anthropogenic pollution of a complex, multiple source fed dam reservoirs: An example from the Nove Mlyny reservoir, Czech Republic

Original language description

While numerous studies of dam reservoirs contamination are reported world-wide, we present a missing link in the study of reservoirs sourced from multiple river catchments. In such reservoirs, different point sources of contaminants and variable composition of their sedimentary matrices add to extremely complex geochemical patterns. We studied a unique, step-wise filled Nove Mlyny dam reservoir, Czech Republic, which consists of three interconnected sub-basins. Their source areas are located in units with contrasting geology and different levels and sources of contamination. The aim of this study is to provide an insight into the provenance of the sediment, including lithogenic elements and anthropogenic pollutants, to investigate the sediment dispersal across the reservoir, and to assess the heavy metal pollution in each basin. The study is based on multi-proxy stratigraphic analysis and geochemistry of sediment cores. There is a considerable gradient in the sediment grain size, brightness, MS and geochemistry, which reflects changing hydrodynamic energy conditions and primary pelagic production of CaCO3. The thickness of sediments generally decreases from proximal to distal parts, but underwater currents can accumulate higher amounts of sediments in distal parts near the thalweg line. Average sedimentation rates vary over a wide range from 0.58 cm/yr to 2.33 cm/yr. In addition, the petrophysical patterns, concentrations of lithogenic elements and their ratios made it possible to identify two main provenance areas, the Dyje River catchment (upper basin) and the Svratka and Jihlava River catchments (middle and lower basin). Enrichment factors (EF) were used for distinguishing the anthropogenic element contribution from the local background levels. We found moderate Zn and Cu pollution (EF similar to 2 to 5) in the upper basin and Zn, Cu and Pb (EF similar to 2 to 4.5) in the middle basin with the peak contamination in the late 1980s, indicating that the two basins have different contamination histories.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP210%2F12%2F0573" target="_blank" >GAP210/12/0573: Late Quaternary seismogenic faulting and evolution of fault-controlled sedimentary basins in the eastern Bohemian Massif</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Science of the Total Environment

ISSN

0048-9697

e-ISSN

1879-1026

Volume of the periodical

574

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JAN

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1456-1471

UT code for WoS article

000389090100136

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84994051972