Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-13-2010
Abstract
Three undisturbed sediment samples were collected from the intertidal zone of the Jiaojiang Estuary of Zhejiang Province, China. The sediments were found to contain remarkably low concentrations of organic carbon (< 0.6%) and acid volatile sulfide (AVS) (< 30 μmol g-1). The availability of these two substrates likely constrained sulfate reduction and pyritization of several trace metals, respectively. This was especially true at one station where AVS concentrations in the upper 20 cm averaged less than 0.05 μmol g-1. Although the depth dependence of the degree of trace metal pyritization was generally consistent with expectations based on redox conditions, depth profiles of reactive-metal and pyrite-metal concentrations in several cases revealed more complex behavior and a positive correlation between reactive-metal concentrations and pore water metal concentrations. © 2010 The Author(s).
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Environmental Earth Sciences
First Page
973
Last Page
982
Recommended Citation
Ye, S., Laws, E., Wu, Q., Zhong, S., Ding, X., Zhao, G., & Gong, S. (2010). Pyritization of trace metals in estuarine sediments and the controlling factors: A case in Jiaojiang Estuary of Zhejiang Province, China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 61 (5), 973-982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-009-0416-7