scholarly journals Investigation of cesium adsorption on soil and sediment samples from Fukushima Prefecture by sequential extraction and EXAFS technique

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAIBO QIN ◽  
YUKA YOKOYAMA ◽  
QIAOHUI FAN ◽  
HOKUTO IWATANI ◽  
KAZUYA TANAKA ◽  
...  
2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (8) ◽  
pp. 2085-2091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manish Kumar ◽  
Hiroaki Furumai ◽  
Futoshi Kurisu ◽  
Ikuro Kasuga

Lead (Pb) isotopic data were used in this study to first distinguish the partitioning of anthropogenic and natural lead in different fractions, obtained by BCR sequential extraction, and then to anticipate their mixing process in the soakaway sediment of artificial infiltration facilities (AIF). Total metal content was found higher in soakaway sediment samples than that of soil. The lowest 206Pb/207Pb ratios were mostly observed in exchangeable fractions of soil and sediment samples, while residual fractions mostly showed the highest 206Pb/207Pb and 208Pb/207Pb ratios than those of other fractions. In general, both ratios were higher in the soil than those of sediments. Further among soil samples, residual fraction of bottom soil exhibited higher ratios than surface soil indicating higher contribution of natural lead with depth. In addition, the difference in Pb content, partitioning and its isotope signature among four sediment samples were also investigated considering their sampling locations. The plot of 206Pb/207Pb versus 208Pb/207Pb showed two well demarcated cluster formations by soil and sediments samples that describe the partitioning between anthropogenic and natural lead; and some points falling in between soil and sediment samples pertinently illustrated the mixing processes between these two different pools of lead.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Nádaská ◽  
Kristína Polčová ◽  
Juraj Lesný

Manganese has been determined in soil- and sediment samples taken from selected regions with high manganese concentrations anthropogenic and/or geogenic. The total content of manganese in chosen sediment- and soil samples has been determined applying FAAS after microwave digestion and the manganese fractions after sequential extraction procedures using galvanostatic stripping chronopotentiometry. The highest content of manganese has been determined in sediment from Hôrka (6243.6 ± 56.2 mg kg-1), while the lowest value has been obtained in the sediment from Kráľová (278.6 ± 3.9 mg kg-1). Using a modified Tessier’s procedure it was found, that manganese in sediments from Kráľová is associated mainly with the carbonate fraction (>50%), while in sediments from Lozorno and Hôrka it is associated primarily with the Mn and Fe oxide fraction (80% and 42% respectively).


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wael M. Badawy ◽  
Khaled Ali ◽  
Hussein M. El-Samman ◽  
Marina V. Frontasyeva ◽  
Svetlana F. Gundorina ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 1628-1635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qianqian Sun ◽  
Yihu Wang ◽  
Chunxia Tian ◽  
Wenjun Gui ◽  
Yirong Guo ◽  
...  

Abstract A reliable and rapid method was developed to determine benzobicyclon residue in different soil and sediment samples. After extraction via a modified quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method, samples were purified by SPE cleanup with HLB cartridges. Quantitative determination was performed by ultra-HPLC (UPLC)-tandem MS (MS/MS) in electrospray positive ionization and multiple reaction monitoring modes. When samples were fortified at concentrations of 5, 50, and 500 µg/L, recoveries of 80.2 to 114.5% were obtained, with the repeatability (intraday RSDr) and reproducibility (interday RSDR) <14.1 and <21.4%, respectively. The instrumental LODs and LOQs for matrix-matched standards and the method LOQs for sample test were 0.19–1.34 μg/L, 0.64–4.48 μg/L, and 0.32–2.24 μg/kg, respectively. The linear range was 5–1000 μg/L (R2 > 0.99). The established UPLC-MS/MS method was applied in the detection of benzobicyclon in real soil samples, which were collected during the supervised field trial. Results showed that the maximum concentration of benzobicyclon in the soil was 4.87 mg/kg and its degradation half-life (t0.5) was 6.7 days. Generally, the proposed method could be an effective tool for controlling and monitoring the risks posed by benzobicyclon to human health and environmental safety.


2010 ◽  
Vol 675 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Altstein ◽  
Orna Ben Aziz ◽  
Nir Skalka ◽  
Alisa Bronshtein ◽  
Jane C. Chuang ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (24) ◽  
pp. 10501-10508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Dindal ◽  
Elizabeth Thompson ◽  
Erich Strozier ◽  
Stephen Billets

Chemosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 32-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Kodamatani ◽  
Steven J. Balogh ◽  
Yabing H. Nollet ◽  
Akito Matsuyama ◽  
Vesna Fajon ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saule Akhmetkaliyeva ◽  
Robert Sparkes ◽  
Leon Clarke ◽  
Andrew Dean ◽  
Simon Cook

<p>Arctic and sub-arctic regions contain a globally significant reservoir of easily degradable glacial organic carbon (GOC) held within glacier ice, subglacial sediments, and proglacial sediments and soils. 21st century warming will result in global glacier retreat with the potential to expose and release GOC, degradation of which can produce CO<sub>2</sub> and/or CH<sub>4</sub> through physical, chemical or biological processes. Newly-exposed nutrient rich glacial landscapes may develop soils and ecosystems. However, current understanding of the nature of glacial carbon cycling is very weak. In this study, sources and transformations of organic carbon (OC) within proglacial environments were determined using a combination of organic biomarkers, DNA sequencing and elemental concentrations.</p><p>Soil development was characterised in three contrasting glacial systems (Oræfajökull ice cap in Iceland, Tarfala in Sweden and Zackenberg in Greenland) in order to understand the main source of OC in soils exposed after glacier retreat and soil development along downstream transects from the glacier front. Water, soil and sediment samples were collected during four successful field campaigns (Iceland and Sweden in summer 2018, Greenland and Iceland in summer 2019). Soil and sediment samples were analysed for organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations, bacteriohopanepolyol biomarkers (BHPs), a group of membrane lipids that can be used to trace major microbial groups, DNA sequencing and major elements (using ICP-OES and IC).  </p><p>Soil samples from moraines showed highest OC concentrations (up to 5.5% in Iceland), while fluvial sediment samples from all study areas had low to no OC. BHPs were rare in fluvial sediments, observed in riverbank soils and most common in moraines. Both total BHP concentration and R’soil index (up to 50.5 µg/g ΣBHPs in a Little Ice Age and 0.41 R’soil in a 2500-year-old Icelandic moraines) show development of soils over time along the downstream transect from the glacier front. DNA concentrations in soil extracts are much higher than fluvial sediment samples. Particulate OC concentration in glacial meltwater streams and proglacial lakes was low (up to 0.03 mg/L), perhaps due to the high total suspended sediment concentrations (up to 0.96 mg/L) in most of the streams. Water chemistry analyses showed significant Ca, S, Na, Fe, Mg and Al concentrations, that potentially would fertilise the Arctic Ocean.</p><p>Based on these preliminary data, it can be concluded that direct glacial output of organic carbon is low, but soil and ecosystem development in front of retreating glaciers leads to the build-up of new terrestrial OC stores. Erosion of OC from these pro-glacial landscapes by glacial meltwater might highly affect estimates of GOC. Future glacier retreat in deglaciating systems in the Arctic (Greenland and Sweden) and sub-arctic (Iceland) regions might increase terrestrial OC productivity and carbon export, as well as seeding biological production downstream.</p>


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