STARDUST II - Spatial and Temporal Assessment
of high Resolution Depth profiles Using novel Sampling Technologies The fate of pollutants in fluvial and marine sediments in cross-border zones
Determination of high resolution pore water profiles of trace metals in sediments of the Rupel River (Belgium) using DET (Diffusive Equilibrium in Thin Films) and DGT (Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films) techniques
Leermakers, M.; Gao, Y.; Gabelle, C.; Lojen, S.; Ouddane, B.; Wartel, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J. (2005). Determination of high resolution pore water profiles of trace metals in sediments of the Rupel River (Belgium) using DET (Diffusive Equilibrium in Thin Films) and DGT (Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films) techniques. Water Air Soil Pollut. 166(1-4): 265-286
The techniques of diffusional equilibrium in thin films (DET) and diffusional gradients in thin films (DGT) were used to obtain high resolution pore water profiles of total dissolved and labile trace (mobilizable) metals in the sediments of the Rupel River, Belgium. DGT measures labile metal species in situ by immobilizing them on a resin gel after diffusion through a diffusive gel whereas for DET an equilibrium is established between the DET gel and the pore water. Concentrations of Pb and Zn obtained by DGT were in good agreement with the results obtained by centrifugation, and thus were well buffered by rapid equilibrium with the solid phase, whereas Fe, Mn and Cd were very tightly bound to the sediment phase and large differences were observed between the labile and the total metal concentrations. Cu, Zn, Co and Ni show intermediated behavior.Good correlations were found between the profiles of As and Fe and Mn and Co for DET as well as DGT showing a close link between the geochemical behavior of these elements. Cu, Zn, Pb and Cd are also influenced by the reductive mobilization of Fe and Mn oxides but are also closely linked to the bacterial degradation of organic matter in the surface sediments as to the precipitation of metal sulfides in the deeper layers.
Dataset
Leermakers, M.; Gao, Y.; Gabelle, C.: Lojen, S.; Ouddane, B. Wartel, M; Baeyens, W. (2005). Dataset on the determination of high resolution porewater profiles of trace metals in sediments of the Rupel river (Belgium) using DET (Diffusive Equilibrium in Thin films) and DGT (Diffusive Gradients in Thin films) techniques. Available on (URL), accessed on (date)., meer
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STARDUST II is a project funded by the INTERREG III A programme (France/Walloon Region/Flanders
French-Flemish subprogramme) of the European Community's Regional Development Fund.
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