TY - JOUR
T1 - Metal pollution in surface sediments of the Golden Horn estuary (Marmara Sea, Turkey) after the remedial actions
AU - Ersan, M. S.
AU - Balkis, N.
AU - Müftüoglu, E.
AU - Aksu, A.
AU - Burak, S.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The present study investigated the metal pollution of the surface sediment samples from the Golden Horn Estuary in Istanbul. It has connection with the Marmara Sea directly and with the Black Sea via Bosphorus and was polluted by different kinds of industrial plants until 1999. In addition to this, municipal wastewater of around one million people has been discharged into this receiving media. Greater part of the estuary was almost blocked off by sediment islands. Extensive effort was spent to dredge out sediment in 1999. This created quite a convenient condition for aquatic medium in the estuary. In this study, metal pollution of sediment was investigated to get clue about water quality of the estuary after the remedial actions. For this purpose, surface sediment samples were collected for a single time at six stations along the estuary in 2007. Contents of Hg, Al, Fe, Cr, Mn, Pb, Cu, Cd, CaC03, Corg were measured in surface sediments of the estuary. The metal values were also evaluated according to the enrichment factors (EF's).
AB - The present study investigated the metal pollution of the surface sediment samples from the Golden Horn Estuary in Istanbul. It has connection with the Marmara Sea directly and with the Black Sea via Bosphorus and was polluted by different kinds of industrial plants until 1999. In addition to this, municipal wastewater of around one million people has been discharged into this receiving media. Greater part of the estuary was almost blocked off by sediment islands. Extensive effort was spent to dredge out sediment in 1999. This created quite a convenient condition for aquatic medium in the estuary. In this study, metal pollution of sediment was investigated to get clue about water quality of the estuary after the remedial actions. For this purpose, surface sediment samples were collected for a single time at six stations along the estuary in 2007. Contents of Hg, Al, Fe, Cr, Mn, Pb, Cu, Cd, CaC03, Corg were measured in surface sediments of the estuary. The metal values were also evaluated according to the enrichment factors (EF's).
KW - Enrichment factors
KW - Golden Horn
KW - Metal pollution
KW - Sediment
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958070451
SN - 0970-7077
VL - 23
SP - 3320
EP - 3324
JO - Asian Journal of Chemistry
JF - Asian Journal of Chemistry
IS - 8
ER -