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Source Apportionment Assessment of Marine Sediment Contamination in a Post-Industrial Area (Bagnoli, Naples)
- Source :
- Water (Basel) 12 (2020). doi:10.3390/w12082181, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Giglioli, Sara; Colombo, Loris; Contestabile, Pasquale; Musco, Luigi; Armiento, Giovanna; Somma, Renato; Vicinanza, Diego; Azzellino, Arianna/titolo:Source Apportionment Assessment of Marine Sediment Contamination in a Post-Industrial Area (Bagnoli, Naples)/doi:10.3390%2Fw12082181/rivista:Water (Basel)/anno:2020/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:12, Water, Vol 12, Iss 2181, p 2181 (2020), Water, Volume 12, Issue 8
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The area of Bagnoli (Gulf of Naples, central Tyrrhenian Sea) has been heavily exposed to pollution for over a century due to the presence of industrial sites along its coastline. The aim of this study is to analyze contaminant concentrations (i.e., heavy metals and hydrocarbons) in seabed sediments through a statistical multivariate approach. Multivariate methods permit us to describe the pollution dynamics affecting the area and distinguish between anthropogenic and natural pollution sources. Additionally, the association between contamination patterns and the wave climate characteristics of the gulf (i.e., wave period, direction, height, power, and energy) is investigated. The study confirms that the main contamination source in the Bagnoli bay is anthropogenic activities (i.e., former steel plant and sewage discharges) for the majority of investigated pollutants. It also provides evidence, however, for the potential co-existence of multiple anthropogenic and geogenic sources of arsenic and other metals that may be originating also from the water-rock interaction and submarine volcanic emissions in the Phlegraean area.
- Subjects :
- Pollution
lcsh:Hydraulic engineering
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
media_common.quotation_subject
Geography, Planning and Development
Sewage
010501 environmental sciences
Aquatic Science
heavy metals contamination
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
Natural (archaeology)
Marine pollution
lcsh:Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
lcsh:TC1-978
hydrocarbons
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Water Science and Technology
media_common
Pollutant
lcsh:TD201-500
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
business.industry
arsenic
arsenic, hydrocarbons, heavy metals contamination, marine pollution
Contamination
Bagnoli
marine pollution
Oceanography
multivariate analysis
Volcano
Environmental science
Naples
business
Bay
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Water (Basel) 12 (2020). doi:10.3390/w12082181, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Giglioli, Sara; Colombo, Loris; Contestabile, Pasquale; Musco, Luigi; Armiento, Giovanna; Somma, Renato; Vicinanza, Diego; Azzellino, Arianna/titolo:Source Apportionment Assessment of Marine Sediment Contamination in a Post-Industrial Area (Bagnoli, Naples)/doi:10.3390%2Fw12082181/rivista:Water (Basel)/anno:2020/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:12, Water, Vol 12, Iss 2181, p 2181 (2020), Water, Volume 12, Issue 8
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bf6850683ab48c1b20279ca7566a0410