Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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Tatone, Leandro Martín; Heguilor, Santiago; Speranza, Eric Demian; Skorupka, Carlos Norberto; Colombo, Juan Carlos
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2021
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The Salado River is a lowland river that drains a vast and productive region of central Argentina into the Río de la Plata estuary. To evaluate water quality and the geochemistry of major and trace metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Cr and Ni), water and sediments samples were collected along 500 km of the Salado River basin (n = 21). Waters were highly alkaline (pH: 8.8 ± 0.4), saline (5.2 ± 1.8 mS/cm), turbid (467 ± 237 NTU) and eutrophic (chlorophyll a: 187 ± 119 µg/l) with a decreasing gradient towards the river mouth reflecting the contribution of alkaline ground waters and eutrophication at the river head. Suspended particles (70–595 mg/l) were enriched in total organic carbon, nitrogen (5–7 times) and metals (1–4 times) relative to bed sediments, but metal concentrations were 2–10 times below the world river’s average. Consistently, metal concentrations in bed sediments were lower than sediment quality guidelines with an increasing downriver trend following the enrichment of clays. The enrichment factors (EF) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo), calculated with local background metal levels from the deepest layers of a dated sediment core, indicate a general prevalence of natural metal sources (EF < 1.5) with unpolluted sediments (Igeo ≤ 0), excepted for the Chivilcoy stream, which showed a significant enrichment of Zn, Cu and Pb (EF = 2–12; 0 ≤ Igeo ≤ 1) constituting a clear pollution hot spot in the basin.
Fil: Tatone, Leandro Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina
Fil: Heguilor, Santiago. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Speranza, Eric Demian. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Skorupka, Carlos Norberto. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina
Fil: Colombo, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
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BED SEDIMENTS
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SALADO RIVER
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spelling Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)Tatone, Leandro MartínHeguilor, SantiagoSperanza, Eric DemianSkorupka, Carlos NorbertoColombo, Juan CarlosBED SEDIMENTSMETALSSALADO RIVERSUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The Salado River is a lowland river that drains a vast and productive region of central Argentina into the Río de la Plata estuary. To evaluate water quality and the geochemistry of major and trace metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Cr and Ni), water and sediments samples were collected along 500 km of the Salado River basin (n = 21). Waters were highly alkaline (pH: 8.8 ± 0.4), saline (5.2 ± 1.8 mS/cm), turbid (467 ± 237 NTU) and eutrophic (chlorophyll a: 187 ± 119 µg/l) with a decreasing gradient towards the river mouth reflecting the contribution of alkaline ground waters and eutrophication at the river head. Suspended particles (70–595 mg/l) were enriched in total organic carbon, nitrogen (5–7 times) and metals (1–4 times) relative to bed sediments, but metal concentrations were 2–10 times below the world river’s average. Consistently, metal concentrations in bed sediments were lower than sediment quality guidelines with an increasing downriver trend following the enrichment of clays. The enrichment factors (EF) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo), calculated with local background metal levels from the deepest layers of a dated sediment core, indicate a general prevalence of natural metal sources (EF < 1.5) with unpolluted sediments (Igeo ≤ 0), excepted for the Chivilcoy stream, which showed a significant enrichment of Zn, Cu and Pb (EF = 2–12; 0 ≤ Igeo ≤ 1) constituting a clear pollution hot spot in the basin.Fil: Tatone, Leandro Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; ArgentinaFil: Heguilor, Santiago. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Speranza, Eric Demian. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Skorupka, Carlos Norberto. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; ArgentinaFil: Colombo, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; ArgentinaSpringer2021-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/153292Tatone, Leandro Martín; Heguilor, Santiago; Speranza, Eric Demian; Skorupka, Carlos Norberto; Colombo, Juan Carlos; Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Springer; Environmental Earth Sciences; 80; 9; 5-2021; 1-81866-62801866-6299CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-021-09624-4info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s12665-021-09624-4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:26:49Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/153292instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:26:49.297CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
title Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
spellingShingle Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Tatone, Leandro Martín
BED SEDIMENTS
METALS
SALADO RIVER
SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER
title_short Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
title_full Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
title_fullStr Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
title_sort Metal geochemistry in suspended and bed sediments in the eutrophic lowland Salado River basin (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tatone, Leandro Martín
Heguilor, Santiago
Speranza, Eric Demian
Skorupka, Carlos Norberto
Colombo, Juan Carlos
author Tatone, Leandro Martín
author_facet Tatone, Leandro Martín
Heguilor, Santiago
Speranza, Eric Demian
Skorupka, Carlos Norberto
Colombo, Juan Carlos
author_role author
author2 Heguilor, Santiago
Speranza, Eric Demian
Skorupka, Carlos Norberto
Colombo, Juan Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv BED SEDIMENTS
METALS
SALADO RIVER
SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER
topic BED SEDIMENTS
METALS
SALADO RIVER
SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The Salado River is a lowland river that drains a vast and productive region of central Argentina into the Río de la Plata estuary. To evaluate water quality and the geochemistry of major and trace metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Cr and Ni), water and sediments samples were collected along 500 km of the Salado River basin (n = 21). Waters were highly alkaline (pH: 8.8 ± 0.4), saline (5.2 ± 1.8 mS/cm), turbid (467 ± 237 NTU) and eutrophic (chlorophyll a: 187 ± 119 µg/l) with a decreasing gradient towards the river mouth reflecting the contribution of alkaline ground waters and eutrophication at the river head. Suspended particles (70–595 mg/l) were enriched in total organic carbon, nitrogen (5–7 times) and metals (1–4 times) relative to bed sediments, but metal concentrations were 2–10 times below the world river’s average. Consistently, metal concentrations in bed sediments were lower than sediment quality guidelines with an increasing downriver trend following the enrichment of clays. The enrichment factors (EF) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo), calculated with local background metal levels from the deepest layers of a dated sediment core, indicate a general prevalence of natural metal sources (EF < 1.5) with unpolluted sediments (Igeo ≤ 0), excepted for the Chivilcoy stream, which showed a significant enrichment of Zn, Cu and Pb (EF = 2–12; 0 ≤ Igeo ≤ 1) constituting a clear pollution hot spot in the basin.
Fil: Tatone, Leandro Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina
Fil: Heguilor, Santiago. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Speranza, Eric Demian. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Skorupka, Carlos Norberto. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina
Fil: Colombo, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Laboratorio de Química Ambiental y Biogeoquímica; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
description The Salado River is a lowland river that drains a vast and productive region of central Argentina into the Río de la Plata estuary. To evaluate water quality and the geochemistry of major and trace metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Cr and Ni), water and sediments samples were collected along 500 km of the Salado River basin (n = 21). Waters were highly alkaline (pH: 8.8 ± 0.4), saline (5.2 ± 1.8 mS/cm), turbid (467 ± 237 NTU) and eutrophic (chlorophyll a: 187 ± 119 µg/l) with a decreasing gradient towards the river mouth reflecting the contribution of alkaline ground waters and eutrophication at the river head. Suspended particles (70–595 mg/l) were enriched in total organic carbon, nitrogen (5–7 times) and metals (1–4 times) relative to bed sediments, but metal concentrations were 2–10 times below the world river’s average. Consistently, metal concentrations in bed sediments were lower than sediment quality guidelines with an increasing downriver trend following the enrichment of clays. The enrichment factors (EF) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo), calculated with local background metal levels from the deepest layers of a dated sediment core, indicate a general prevalence of natural metal sources (EF < 1.5) with unpolluted sediments (Igeo ≤ 0), excepted for the Chivilcoy stream, which showed a significant enrichment of Zn, Cu and Pb (EF = 2–12; 0 ≤ Igeo ≤ 1) constituting a clear pollution hot spot in the basin.
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