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ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
Volume 246, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2020.107036
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment pollution; Electrical resistivity tomography; Coastal changes
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The paper shows the results of a geochemical geophysical survey on the decommissioned industrial area of Bagnoli (Naples, southern Italy). Analyses of 15 priority congeners of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) were carried out on 21 sediment cores, collected on the beaches surrounding the old iron and steel industrial plant that was active over the last century. Anomalous high concentrations of PAHs were detected in this area, up to 87,000 mu g g(-1) d.w. In particular, most congeners were embedded inside a mainly sandy layer, characterized by a dark colour and high resistivity values. The joined use of Electrical Resistivity Tomography, chemical data and direct observation of cores allowed a volumetric estimation of the polluted layer corresponding to 20,200 m(3). A total of 24,100 m(3) of less polluted materials cover the dark, highly polluted layer. In addition, the geophysical-environmental approach helped to disentangle the deep interactions between the beach area, coastal changes and fluid vents. The actual coastal morphology is the result of historical, anthropic-driven rapid evolution that we reconstructed by using available historical images. The achieved results underline a crucial role played by combining geophysical and geochemical methodologies for a deeper and systematic understanding of anthropogenic impacts in coastal systems affected by multiple and combined stressors.
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