Historical pond systems as long-term composite archives of anthropogenic contamination in the Vrchlice River, Czechia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F44555601%3A13520%2F21%3A43896114" target="_blank" >RIV/44555601:13520/21:43896114 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61989592:15310/21:73610763

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213305421000060" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213305421000060</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100283" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ancene.2021.100283</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Historical pond systems as long-term composite archives of anthropogenic contamination in the Vrchlice River, Czechia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

River damming has numerous benefits and adverse consequences. Unlike large dam reservoirs whose construction peaked in the twentieth century, historical ponds and their accumulated legacy sediments span much longer time periods. Small ponds in many areas worldwide are sinks for anthropogenic pollutants and affect sediment delivery to downstream river reaches. Thousands of ponds cover an area of &gt;0.2 % of the territory of Czechia, equal to the area of its ten largest dam reservoirs. This paper reports a sequence of constructed and removed pond dams along the Vrchlice River, Czechia, and their use as sedimentary archives, in order to reconstruct the long-term (&gt;200 yr) history of contamination. Historical maps, geophysical profiles, activities of caesium-137 isotope, grain size, and sediment geochemistry in 16 sediment cores enabled the reconstruction of contamination in the pond, dam reservoir, and floodplain sediments since ?1780. Contamination by lead, copper, zinc, arsenic, and cadmium from atmospheric, geogenic and agricultural sources increased since ?1850 peaked in the 1970s and 1980s, and then decreased slightly. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pesticides polluted post-1970 sediments, reflecting their use in agriculture. The removal of dams resulted in the rapid incision of newly formed river channels into the old pond deposits. Following the reinstatement of dams, channels filled rapidly (up to 5.2 cm/yr) with new lacustrine sediment, whereas sediment accumulated slowly (&lt;0.4 cm/yr) outside the channels. Upon dam removal, contaminated channel-fill sediment likely redistributed into the water course. As ponds are complex depositional systems with the heterogeneous distribution of sediment and associated contaminants, active and extinct ponds are promising long-term sedimentary archives that can extend understanding of human interactions with Earth systems.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Historical pond systems as long-term composite archives of anthropogenic contamination in the Vrchlice River, Czechia

Popis výsledku anglicky

River damming has numerous benefits and adverse consequences. Unlike large dam reservoirs whose construction peaked in the twentieth century, historical ponds and their accumulated legacy sediments span much longer time periods. Small ponds in many areas worldwide are sinks for anthropogenic pollutants and affect sediment delivery to downstream river reaches. Thousands of ponds cover an area of &gt;0.2 % of the territory of Czechia, equal to the area of its ten largest dam reservoirs. This paper reports a sequence of constructed and removed pond dams along the Vrchlice River, Czechia, and their use as sedimentary archives, in order to reconstruct the long-term (&gt;200 yr) history of contamination. Historical maps, geophysical profiles, activities of caesium-137 isotope, grain size, and sediment geochemistry in 16 sediment cores enabled the reconstruction of contamination in the pond, dam reservoir, and floodplain sediments since ?1780. Contamination by lead, copper, zinc, arsenic, and cadmium from atmospheric, geogenic and agricultural sources increased since ?1850 peaked in the 1970s and 1980s, and then decreased slightly. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pesticides polluted post-1970 sediments, reflecting their use in agriculture. The removal of dams resulted in the rapid incision of newly formed river channels into the old pond deposits. Following the reinstatement of dams, channels filled rapidly (up to 5.2 cm/yr) with new lacustrine sediment, whereas sediment accumulated slowly (&lt;0.4 cm/yr) outside the channels. Upon dam removal, contaminated channel-fill sediment likely redistributed into the water course. As ponds are complex depositional systems with the heterogeneous distribution of sediment and associated contaminants, active and extinct ponds are promising long-term sedimentary archives that can extend understanding of human interactions with Earth systems.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA17-06229S" target="_blank" >GA17-06229S: Vývoj sedimentace v přehradních nádržích jako antropogenních bariérách v říčních systémech: od materiálové bilance po osud polutantů</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Anthropocene

ISSN

2213-3054

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

33

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

100283

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

1-11

Kód UT WoS článku

000632441900009

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85101115345