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Título: | Environmental radioactivity and trace metals in surficial sediments from estuarine systems in Ghana (Equatorial Africa), impacted by artisanal gold-mining |
Autor: | Klubi, Emmanuel; Abril-Hernández, José María; Mantero, Juan; García-Tenorio, R. CSIC ORCID; Nyarko, Elvis | Palabras clave: | Environmental radioactivity Heavy metals Volta estuary Gold-mining Ankobra estuary Pra estuary |
Fecha de publicación: | 2020 | Editor: | Elsevier | Citación: | Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 218: 106260 (2020) | Resumen: | This paper reports concentrations of γ-emitter radionuclides (40K, 137Cs, 210Pb, 226Ra, 228Ra, 228Th and 234Th) and some metals (Al, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Sr, Cd, Sb, Cs, Pb, Th and U) in surficial sediments from the Ankobra, Pra and Volta estuaries, in Ghana. Artisanal gold-mining in the Ankobra and Pra basins promoted moderate enrichments of As, Sb, Cu, Cs and Cr in their estuarine sediments, with respect to the reference background of the Volta Estuary. Radionuclide concentrations were in the range found in the Earth's crust. Present data do not support any conclusion on their potential enrichments due to gold-mining activities. Radionuclide isotopic ratios revealed a transfer of 228Ra from sediments to the water column. Pearson correlation coefficient matrices showed different patterns, which were reasonably understood after novel approaches: i) inter-estuaries comparison of slopes in the linear regressions of element-concentrations vs Al, Fe and Cs; ii) study of Al-normalized concentrations of elements; iii) excess 210Pb informing on local sedimentary conditions. The metal enrichments observed in the Ankobra and Pra estuaries are associated with the Fe-rich compounds in sulphide ores (such as FeAsS) transported along the river course and deposited in the estuary. | Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106260 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/220982 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106260 | ISSN: | 0265-931X |
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