title: Tracing metal sources in core sediments of the artificial lake An-Dong, Korea: Concentration and metal association.
abstract: The concentration and source of trace metals in the artificial lake An-Dong, which has widespread abandoned mines and a Zn smelter upstream of the drainage basin, were investigated. Soils (18ea), stream waters (15ea) and sediments (15ea) in the main channel and five tributaries downstream of the Zn smelter towards the lake (~ 50 km downstream) were collected. And two core sediments were also taken from the middle of the lake. All samples were analyzed for trace metals in bulk and in a 1N HCl-leached fraction. Although the soil and stream sediments consisted mostly of sand-sized grains, concentrations of metals (Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) were very high in all samples, including soils, stream waters and sediments at sites near the Zn smelter. However the metal concentrations decreased rapidly downstream, suggesting that the area of impact of the smelter lies within 5 km. Highly enriched metal concentrations were also found in dated core sediments from the lake; while the highest concentrations of Co, Ni, As, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb were detected in the bottom of the sediment core (dated 1980) they decreased towards 2000, and only Cu, Zn and Cd concentrations increased again in present-day samples. Since the temporal variation in metal concentrations appeared consistent with historical variation in ore mining and Zn smelter production rates, a model combining the production rates of each was developed, which estimated 3%, 12% and 7% contributions from Zn smelter compared to ore mining production rate to levels of Cu, Cd and Zn, respectively, suggesting the different pathways by different sources. In addition, analysis of Cd/Zn and Cu/Zn ratios showed that contamination from ore mining decreased from 1980 to 2000, and smelting processes were most likely responsible for metal enrichment (Cu, Cd and Zn) from 2000 to the present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ocean Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: mschoi@cnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Mansik
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Ocean Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jongkyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Ocean Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dongjin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Ocean Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dongjun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Department of Ocean Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Miseon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Environmental Measurement & Analysis Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, Incheon 404-708, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jongwoo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D060106:Lakes / Q000737:chemistry; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Lake sediments; Soil; Stream sediment; Stream water; Trace metals; Zn smelter