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Negi BS Jha SK Chavan SB Sadasivan S Goyal A Sapru ML Bhat CL 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2002,73(1):1-6
Air particulate samples collected during 1995–96 ata background site situated on the east coast of Thar Desert inRajsthan State of India were analysed for atmospheric dustloads (Suspended Particulate Matter) and elemental composition.The values of SPM ranged from 9 g M-3 to 97g M-3 with an average of 43 g M-3 except a fewepisodic values, which were 3 to 5 times higher than the averageduring summer months. The results for elemental composition ofthe particulate samples showed that the concentrations ofanthropogenic toxic trace elements viz. Br, Cr, Pb, Sb, Se and Znare lower by a factor of 2 to 10 as compared to urban areas. Thehigh enrichment factors for anthropogenic elements viz. Br, Pb,Sb and Zn show an input from coal/wood fuel burning andvehicular pollution at the sampling site. The depletion of Si inSPM samples shows long distance transport of dust to the samplingsite. 相似文献
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Jha SK Chavan SB Pandit GG Negi BS Sadasivan S 《Environmental monitoring and assessment》2002,76(2):249-262
Studies on marine sediments are extremely important since they act as ultimate sink of anthropogenic pollutants. The present study was conducted near Mumbai city of India to understand andassess the behaviour and fluxes of trace and toxic elements increek sediment. Seven sediment core samples were collected andanalysed for trace and toxic elements such as Fe, Cu, Pb, Zn, Rb and Sr in different sections of the core using EDXRF technique. The fluxes of the elements in each section of the core were calculated using the mass sedimentation rates derivedfrom 210Pb dating technique and the sediment density at each location. The estimated depositional fluxes of Fe, Rb and Sr in Zone-1 and Zone-3 are in the ranges of 0.4–0.5% cm-2yr-1; 4–6 g cm-2 yr-1 and 10–20 g cm-2 yr-1 respectively, where as they were about 3–4 times higher in zone-2 for the same elements. The depositionalfluxes of elements Cu (40–60 g cm-2 yr-1), Zn (35–43 g cm-2 yr-1) and Pb (6–12 g cm-2 yr-1) were also found to be higher in zone-2 compared tozone-1 and zone-3 which can be attributed to the release from thenewly developed chemical zone of Thane-Belapur industrial belt. 相似文献
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Geochronology of Pb and Hg pollution in a coastal marine environment using global fallout 137Cs 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Global fallout 137Cs was used for dating sediment cores and estimation of recent sedimentation rates (up to 1 cm/y) in the Thane Creek, which lies in the southern part of the Deccan belt of India. The residence time of 210Pb in the Thane Creek water was calculated to be 0.7 years. Further, the concentrations of Pb (up to 70 microg/g) and Hg (up to 10 microg/g) in sediment profiles were measured to assess the anthropogenic input of contaminants due to large-scale industrialization, which has taken place in this area over the last two decades. The depth-wise concentration profile of Hg shows positive evidence of continued fresh input into the Creek. 相似文献
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Live feeds, especially Tubifex spp., which are collected from a wide variety of polluted habitats, are used by aquarium fish keepers in India. These habitats
receive domestic sewage and industrial wastes from nearby residential and industrial areas. Reports of morbidity and mortality
from aquarium fish culturists in and around Mumbai led to the present investigations on the ecology of these habitats with
a view to assess the water quality, presence of heavy metals in the environment and their bioaccumulation in Tubifex worms, and to examine whether these habitats could be exploited to meet the demand of the industry. Six natural red worm
(Tubifex spp.) collection centres in Mumbai and Thane districts of Maharashtra state in India constituting a major source of live
Tubifex supply to aquarium fish industry were evaluated for pollution, heavy metal concentration in water, sediments and in the body
tissues of Tubifex. Data revealed the presence of heavy metals in water and sediments at collection sites and bioaccumulation of cadmium, iron,
lead, zinc and copper in body tissues of Tubifex worms. Cadmium ranged from 2.38 to 7.21 mg/kg, iron 671.9 to 5738 mg/kg, lead 14.95 to 33.49 mg/kg, zinc 60.20 to 166.60 mg/kg
and copper 29.38 to 108.90 mg/kg of dry Tubifex worms. The study suggests that all the six collection sites are polluted and the red worms contaminated with heavy metals
and hence, unfit for use in aquaria or feeding any variety of fish or crustaceans in the hatcheries. 相似文献
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Rutuja?Chavan Bimlesh?KumarEmail authorView authors OrcID profile 《Environmental Fluid Mechanics》2018,18(4):923-945
Prediction of scour depth is one of the most significant problems in designing of bridges. Due to complexity of scour phenomenon, available empirical equations do not always offer accurate scour depth prediction. In this work, experiments were conducted on non-uniform sands using two piers of different diameter with and without seepage conditions. It has been found that, the scour depth at upstream of piers is decreased with application of downward seepage. The observed scour depths are compared with scour depth predicted by various prediction methods and it has been observed that the available equations are not suitable for seepage conditions. The present work thus introduces a new empirical equation for prediction of scour depth at piers with inclusion of seepage. The features of migrating dune like bedforms at downstream of piers due to deposition of scoured bed material are also explored. Height of deposition is found to be increased with downward seepage. The empirical equation describing morphology of dunes behind piers is also developed by incorporating downward seepage parameter. 相似文献
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Gustin MS Chavan PV Dennett KE Marchand EA Donaldson S 《Journal of environmental quality》2006,35(6):2352-2359
Mercury associated with natural enrichment, historic mining, and ore processing is a contaminant of concern in watersheds of the western USA. In this region, water is a highly managed resource and wetlands, known to be important sites of methyl mercury production, are often an integral component of watersheds. This study applied controlled manipulations of four replicated experimental wetland designs with different water and soil mercury concentrations to determine the potential impacts on methyl mercury export. Wetlands were manipulated by drying and wetting, changing hydraulic retention time, and adding sulfate and nitrate to influent waters. In a summer drying and wetting manipulation, an immediate increase in total methyl mercury release was observed with rewetting, however, concentrations decreased quickly. Drying all wetlands over the winter and rewetting in the spring resulted in high net methyl mercury output relative to that observed before drying. Net methyl mercury output was not influenced by changes in hydraulic retention time from 4 to 8 h or to 30 min, or by increasing the nitrate concentration from 0.1 to 10 mg L(-1). The addition of sulfate to the inlet waters of two mesocosms to increase concentrations from approximately 100 to 250 mg L(-1) did not result in a clear effect on methyl mercury output, most likely due to sulfate concentrations being higher than optimal for methyl mercury production. Despite the lack of response to sulfate amendments, the change in sulfate concentration between the inlet and outlet of the mesocosms and temperature were the parameters best correlated with methyl mercury outputs. 相似文献
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Jha SK Acharya RN Reddy AV Manohar SB Nair AG Chavan SB Sadasivan S 《Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM》2002,4(1):131-137
The concentrations and distribution of the elements, including heavy metals such as As, Ba, Br, Co, Cr, Cs, Fe, Ga, K, Mn, Na, Rb, Sc, Sr, Th and Zn, were investigated in dated sediment cores of Nainital Lake located in the Himalayan region, in Uttar Pradesh state of India, which is considered as a remote background area. The concentrations of the elements were measured by instrumental neutron activation analysis using the k0 method. The International Atomic Energy Agency certified reference material SL-3 was used to evaluate the accuracy of the method. The normalized data for a series of elements were used to understand the source of loading. Elements like Br, Co, Cr, Fe, K, Mn and Zn show a negative correlation with increasing depth whereas elements like As, Ba, Cs, Na and Rb show a positive correlation with increasing depth. By considering the concentration for the bottom segments of the core as close to the baseline concentration, recent flux values for different elements were calculated. An increase in the flux value was observed for Br, Cr, Fe, K, Mn and Zn, which can be attributed to anthropogenic contribution in recent years. 相似文献
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