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Sediment profile characterisation at contaminated and reference locations in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica |
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| Authors: | A.S. Palmer I. Snape J.S. Stark M.J. Riddle |
| Affiliation: | a Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston 7050, Tasmania, Australia b ACROSS, School of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia c Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 74, Hobart 7001, Tasmania, Australia |
| Abstract: | Sediment profiles for pH, Eh, 28 elements, water and organic content are presented here for human impacted and reference locations in the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica. Variations in element concentrations are observed with increasing depth, especially at Brown Bay where the impact of past human activities is most pronounced in the top 10 cm. Spatial differences were observed between sediment profiles at reference and impacted locations and were largely explained by Pb variability in the top 5 cm. Median element concentrations from surface, middle and bottom regions of the sediment profile were compared to composite sample medians (no depth stratigraphy) for 11 elements at O’Brien Bay (reference) and Brown Bay (impacted). Pronounced differences were observed for Brown Bay, particularly surface and middle sections, implying that composite samples dilute the near surface anthropogenic signal by mixing with deeper uncontaminated sediment. |
| Keywords: | Eh pH Depth profile Contamination Casey station Partial extraction |
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