Abstract
In recent years there has been a rapidly growing interest on the heavy metallic content in estuaries and on the nature and the pathways by which they are introduced into the system. A total of seven sampling stations were fixed along the longitudinal stretch of the estuary, starting from head to mouth of the estuary for the collection of surface and bottom waters and sediments has done seasonally. In which water and sediment samples were collected during pre-monsoon (March), onset of monsoon (June), monsoon (September) and post-monsoon (December) by using Niskin water sampler and Van Veen Grab respectively for a period of one year during 2016. Hydrographic parameters of temperature, pH, and salinity were analyzed for the collected samples with standard methods. Sediment trace metals like cadmium, copper, iron, nickel, lead and zinc were estimated from the collected sediment samples by atomic absorption spectrophotometer after proper acid digestion. The organic carbon content was determined by the method of El-Wakeel and Riley (1957). Temperature, pH and salinity exhibited distinct spatial and seasonal variations in estuarine waters of the Gauthami Godavari. Temperature and pH showed an increasing trend from post-monsoon (winter) to pre-monsoon (summer) in accordance with the variation of atmospheric temperature in the study region. Enrichment factors of the metals were calculated based on the data, cadmium in Stations. 1, 2 are moderately polluted during monsoon season due to the anthropogenic source. Compared to all metals were studied, zinc and cadmium are more enriched. All the metals are moderately enriched in the upstream of the estuary due to natural and anthropogenic sources and also higher enrichment was observed during pre and post-monsoon season except cadmium which is in the monsoon season.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Akoto, O., Ephraim, J.H., Darko, G.: Heavy metals pollution in surface soils in the vicinity of abundant railway servicing workshop in Kumasi, Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. 2(4): 359–364 (Autumn, 2008)
Aston, S.R.: Nutrients, dissolved gases and general biogeochemistry of esturies. In: Olausson, E., Cato, I. (eds.) Chemistry and biogeochemistry of esturies, pp. 233–257. John Wiley and sons Ltd. (1980)
Bhatia, M.R., Cook, K.A.W.: Trace element characteristics of graywackes and tectonic setting discrimination of sedimentary basins. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 92, 181–193 (1986)
Carranza-Edwards, A., et al.: Petrography of quartz grains in beach and dune sands of Northland, North Island, New Zealand. N. Z. J. Geo. Geophys. 48, 649–660 (2005)
Charkravarty, M., Patgiri, A.D.: Metal pollution assessment in sediments of the Dikrong River, N.E. India. J. Hum. Ecol. 63–67 (2009)
Dickhudt, P.J., Friedrichs, C.T., Sanford, L.P.: Mud matrix solids fraction and bed erodibility in the York River estuary, USA, and other muddy environments, Cont. Shelf Res. 31(10, Suppl. 1), S3–S13 (2011)
Dionne, J.C.: Towards a more adequate definition of the St. Lawrence estuary. Zeitschr. F. Geomorph. 7(1), 36–44 (1963)
El-Wakeel, S., Riley, J.: The determination of organic carbon in marine Mud. Journal du Conseil International pour l’Exploration de la Mer. 22(2), 180–183 (1957)
Emery, K.O., Milliman, J.D.: Suspended matter in surface water: influence of river discharge and upwelling. Sedimentology 25, 77–80 (1978)
Fairbridge, R.W.: (1980) The estuary: Its definition and geodynamic cycle. In: Olausson, E., Cato, I. (eds.) Chemistry and biogeochemistry of estuaries, pp. 1–35. Wiley, New York (1980)
Krumbein, W.C., Pettijohn, F.J.: Manual of Sedimentary Petrography, p. 549. Appleton Century Crafts, New York (1938)
Loring D.H., Rantala R.T.T.: Manual for the geochemical analyses of marine sediments and suspended particulate matter. Earth-Science Reviews, 32: 2350283, and 1995, Regional Seas, Reference methods for marine pollution studies no. 63, United Nations Environment Programme (1992)
Loring, D.H.: Normalization of heavy-metal data from estuarine and coastal sediments. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 48, 101–115 (1991)
Ogunsola, O.J., Oluwole, A.F., Asubiojo, O.I., Durosinmi, M.A., Fatusi, A.O., Ruck, W.: (1994). Environmental impact of vehicular traffic in Nigeria: Health aspects. Sci. Total Environ. 23, 146–147 (1994)
Olubunmi, F.E., Olorunsola, O.E.: Evaluation of the status of heavy metal pollution of sediment of Agbabu bitumen deposit area, Nigeria. Eur. J. Sci. Res. 41(3), 373–382 (2010)
Sekabira, K.: Assessment of heavy metal pollution in the urban stream sediments and its tributaries. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech. 7(3), 435–446 (2010).
Sutherland, R.: Environ. Geo. 39(611), (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540050473
Sutherland, G.D., Harestad, A.S., Price, K., Lertzman, K.: Scaling of natal dispersal distances in terrestrial birds and mammals. Conserv. Ecol. 4(1), 16 (2000)
Van Andel, J.H., Postma, H.: Recent sediments of Gulf of Paria: Reports of Orinco shelf Expedition. North Holland Publishing Co, Amsterdam 245 (1954)
Valdes, J., Sifeddine, A., Lallier-Verges, E., Ortlieb, L.: Petrographic and geochemical study of organic matter in surficial laminated sediments from an upwelling system (Mejillones del Sur Bay, Northern Chile). Org.Geochem. 35, 881–894 (2004)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this paper
Cite this paper
Prasad, H., Bhanu Murty, P., Sanyasi Rao, M., Duvvuru, R. (2019). A Study on Assessment of Pollution in Godavari Estuary East Coast of India by Using Trace Metals Concentration in the Sediments. In: Rao, P., Rao, K., Kubo, S. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Remote Sensing for Disaster Management. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77276-9_39
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77276-9_39
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-77275-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-77276-9
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)