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Enrichment of Metals in the Surface Sediments of Sapanca Lake
Author(s) -
Bakan Gülfem,
Balkas Turgut I.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143099x121463
Subject(s) - sediment , cadmium , environmental chemistry , environmental science , pollution , inductively coupled plasma , heavy metals , enrichment factor , trace metal , structural basin , geology , metal , chemistry , geomorphology , ecology , physics , plasma , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , biology
A comprehensive lake sediment study was performed on the Sapanca Lake of Turkey in which certain metal analyses were conducted using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. The purpose of the study was to find the enrichment of metals in the surface sediments of Sapanca Lake. A method, namely, the index of geoaccumulation, was used to define the degree of anthropogenic pollution in the Sapanca Lake basin. Results of the geoaccumulation index indicate that only enrichments of trace metals, cadmium, and lead are found.