Metals and acid volatile sulfide in sediment cores from the Sergipe River Estuary, Northeast, Brazil

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

José Do Patrocínio H. Alves¹  Elisângela De Andrade Passos¹  Carlos A. B. Garcia¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Sergipe Departamento de Química Laboratório de Química Analítica AmbientalSão Cristóvão SE ,Brazil

关键词: sediments;    heavy metals;    acid volatile sulfide;    simultaneously extracted metals;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-50532007000400013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Acid volatile sulfide (AVS), simultaneously extracted metals (SEM) and metals were studied in sediment cores from the Sergipe River Estuary, Brazil. AVS and SEM concentrations were, in general, higher in the core sediments from areas which receive a higher anthropic contribution due to urban pollution. In these cores, the sulfide seemed to be the main connection for the metals. In the core obtained from the area of major marine influence, the most important binding phases for the metals seemed to be associated with organic matter and carbonates. The AVS profiles allow identification of two types of sedimentation processes in the estuary. In all cores SEM/AVS ratios were much lower than 1.

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