Factors controlling 137Cs distribution in bottom sediments of Koronowo Reservoir (Poland)

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11368-022-03326-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11368-022-03326-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Factors controlling 137Cs distribution in bottom sediments of Koronowo Reservoir (Poland)

Original language description

Purpose The main aim of this study was to investigate factors influencing the long-term distribution of 137Cs activity concentrations in the bottom sediments of the dam lake, Koronowo Reservoir, 32 years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. For this purpose, selected properties of the collected sediment samples, such as grain size, mineralogical composition, and organic matter (OM) content, were investigated. Materials and methods The samples of lake sediments were collected with a Kayak-type gravity corer. The spatial and vertical distributions of 137Cs and 40K activity concentrations in the bottom sediments were investigated based on gamma spectrometry measurements. The particle size distribution of surface lake sediments was determined using a laser particle size analyzer. SEM and XRD were used for the mineralogical analysis of the collected sediment samples. Additionally, the content of organic matter was examined in all samples using an elemental analyzer. Results The 137Cs content was significantly elevated in the case of fine-grained (< 63 μm) surface lake sediments (classified as silts, which are deposited in the profundal zone of Koronowo Lake) and ranged from 12.5 ± 4.1 to 29.2 ± 4.0 Bq kg−1. It was found that the increased concentration of 137Cs activity is more closely related to the content of the silt fraction (2–63 μm) than to the clay fraction (< 2 μm) in the collected surface lake sediments. The content of clay minerals also showed a significant positive correlation with 137Cs activity concentration in the surface lake sediments of Koronowo Lake. A similar relationship was noticed for the OM content, but it may be suspected that it is the result of radiocesium-bearing particle accumulation in OM-rich sediments. Conclusion The most important factor influencing the spatial distribution of 137Cs activity concentrations in the surface lake sediments of Koronowo Lake, apart from the bottom morphology and grain size of sediments, is the content of clay minerals. Moreover, the increased detrital inflow to the lake after the construction of the dam could have probably affected the vertical distribution of 137Cs activity concentrations in the bottom sediments, as evidenced by, e.g., the measurements of 40K activity concentration.

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

10505 - Geology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Journal of Soils and Sediments

ISSN

1439-0108

e-ISSN

1614-7480

Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

3189-3208

UT code for WoS article

000849468100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85137423564