期刊
CHEMICAL GEOLOGY
卷 300, 期 -, 页码 152-164出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.01.023
关键词
Pb-210; Cs-137; Intertidal sediments; Heavy metals; Moreton Bay; Australia
资金
- University of Queensland
- Australian National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training
- AINSE - Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering [AINGRA08094, AIN-GRA0908]
Temporal trends in heavy metal pollutants were reconstructed from the analysis of four sediment cores collected from intertidal areas in Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia. The geochronology of the past similar to 150 years was established using short-lived radionuclides Pb-210 and Cs-137. The Pb-210-derived sedimentation rates varied from 0.16 +/- 0.01 g/cm(2)/y to 0.71 +/- 0.30 g/cm(2)/y, indicating that sediment deposition is spatially highly variable across the bay. Increases in sedimentation rates over the past years are in agreement with the period of major development in the area and land use intensification after European settlement. Geochemical pre-European trace metal backgrounds in the bay's sediments could be established from the integration of geochronological data, down-core heavy metal concentrations, sediment properties, and the known historical events. Crustal elements such as Al, Fe, Ti, and rare earths were used as proxies to identify changes in sediment sources. The increasing temporal trends in Pb, Zn, Cd, and Ni correlated to the major development of Moreton Bay catchments (deforestation for agriculture, industrialization, and urban expansion) in the last century. Metal concentrations typically increased from about one to two orders of magnitude since about 1920 compared to background levels. Results show that sedimentation changes and enrichment in metal contaminants since European arrival are preserved in the sedimentary record. Significant spatial and temporal variability, however, indicate that the correct assessment of contamination in sediment cores in complex estuarine-marine embayments requires the careful integration of different proxies. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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