Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina

ABSTRACT Lake Caviahue, in Patagonia (Argentina), is a very acid water body (Patagonia, Argentina) due to the influx of volcanic fluids. Over the past 18 years, the lake has been progressively alkalinizing and pH is close to the ferric iron precipitation threshold (pH>3,0). Should iron precipitat...

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Autores principales:	Cabrera,Juan Manuel, Temporetti,Pedro Félix, Pedrozo,Fernando Luis
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2020
Materias:	Naturally acid sediments Trace metal partitioning Metal mobility Sediment toxicity
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-710620200001000462020-02-20Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, ArgentinaCabrera,Juan ManuelTemporetti,Pedro FélixPedrozo,Fernando Luis Naturally acid sediments Trace metal partitioning Metal mobility Sediment toxicity ABSTRACT Lake Caviahue, in Patagonia (Argentina), is a very acid water body (Patagonia, Argentina) due to the influx of volcanic fluids. Over the past 18 years, the lake has been progressively alkalinizing and pH is close to the ferric iron precipitation threshold (pH>3,0). Should iron precipitate, water and sediment composition will be altered. To set a baseline, trace metal partitioning (Cu, Cd, Cr, Pb, Zn and Mn) was studied for three sediment cores (0 to 16 cm depth) at three sampling stations using a sequential extraction procedure (SEP) and the acid volatile sulfide/simultaneously extracted metals (AVS/SEM) protocol. The total metals content of the sediments ranged between 0 to 408 μg g-1 of dry sediment, with Pb>Cr>Mn>Cu>Zn>Cd. No Cd was measured above the limit of detection. The sediment was richest in Mn and Cr, two non-toxic metals at the pH / Eh combination of the lake basin. Total Pb was at a moderate contamination level although it is associated with the most recalcitrant fraction and therefore has low mobility. The sediment fractions with higher metal content were the oxidizable and residual, the former commonly associated with labile organic matter and pyrite while the latter are related to recalcitrant organic matter and rock forming minerals. In addition, a high correlation was found between Cr, Pb and Mn, thus these metals may be subject to analogous precipitation processes and possibly to co-variation in the volcano effluents. Furthermore, no metals were detected in the exchangeable/carbonates fraction, which is the most labile of all the sediment fractions. The metal content in (SEM) was likewise below the toxicity thresholds of two international sediment quality guidelines and the ratio AVS/SEM was over one, indicative of non-toxicity. Both results indicate that metal mobility in the acidic sediments of lake Caviahue is very low.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessServicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)Andean geology v.47 n.1 20202020-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062020000100046en10.5027/andgeov47n1-3200
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topic	Naturally acid sediments Trace metal partitioning Metal mobility Sediment toxicity
spellingShingle	Naturally acid sediments Trace metal partitioning Metal mobility Sediment toxicity Cabrera,Juan Manuel Temporetti,Pedro Félix Pedrozo,Fernando Luis Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina
description	ABSTRACT Lake Caviahue, in Patagonia (Argentina), is a very acid water body (Patagonia, Argentina) due to the influx of volcanic fluids. Over the past 18 years, the lake has been progressively alkalinizing and pH is close to the ferric iron precipitation threshold (pH>3,0). Should iron precipitate, water and sediment composition will be altered. To set a baseline, trace metal partitioning (Cu, Cd, Cr, Pb, Zn and Mn) was studied for three sediment cores (0 to 16 cm depth) at three sampling stations using a sequential extraction procedure (SEP) and the acid volatile sulfide/simultaneously extracted metals (AVS/SEM) protocol. The total metals content of the sediments ranged between 0 to 408 μg g-1 of dry sediment, with Pb>Cr>Mn>Cu>Zn>Cd. No Cd was measured above the limit of detection. The sediment was richest in Mn and Cr, two non-toxic metals at the pH / Eh combination of the lake basin. Total Pb was at a moderate contamination level although it is associated with the most recalcitrant fraction and therefore has low mobility. The sediment fractions with higher metal content were the oxidizable and residual, the former commonly associated with labile organic matter and pyrite while the latter are related to recalcitrant organic matter and rock forming minerals. In addition, a high correlation was found between Cr, Pb and Mn, thus these metals may be subject to analogous precipitation processes and possibly to co-variation in the volcano effluents. Furthermore, no metals were detected in the exchangeable/carbonates fraction, which is the most labile of all the sediment fractions. The metal content in (SEM) was likewise below the toxicity thresholds of two international sediment quality guidelines and the ratio AVS/SEM was over one, indicative of non-toxicity. Both results indicate that metal mobility in the acidic sediments of lake Caviahue is very low.
author	Cabrera,Juan Manuel Temporetti,Pedro Félix Pedrozo,Fernando Luis
author_facet	Cabrera,Juan Manuel Temporetti,Pedro Félix Pedrozo,Fernando Luis
author_sort	Cabrera,Juan Manuel
title	Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina
title_short	Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina
title_full	Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina
title_fullStr	Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed	Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina
title_sort	trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of lake caviahue, neuquén, argentina
publisher	Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)
publishDate	2020
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Trace metal partitioning and potential mobility in the naturally acidic sediment of Lake Caviahue, Neuquén, Argentina

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