Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering University of Zagreb
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Abstract
Lake Ciburuy area is highly impacted by a wide range of human activities, including residential areas, rice fields, animal husbandry, plantations, dense vehicular traffic, and various industries, leading to the accumulation of pollutants. Particulates generated by the anthropogenic activities will be carried away and settle with the eroded soil to become sediment in the lake. This could cause serious problems in the aquatic environment if there is no monitoring study. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the anthropogenic material produced by human activities using physical and chemical properties analyses and pollution index calculations. The analysis of physical properties showed that Electrical Conductivity (EC), Total Dissolved Solid (TDS), and magnetic susceptibility were within the range of 30 – 790 µS/cm, 29 – 555 mg/L, 7.310 – 3431.956 ×10-8 m3/kg, respectively. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the hysteresis parameter indicated that the samples contain ferrimagnetic materials, particularly magnetite with a mixture of Pseudo-Single Domain (PSD) and Multi-Domain (MD). The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) identified the morphology of the magnetic mineral with different shapes, such as octahedral and spherule. Furthermore, the spherule shape indicated the presence of anthropogenic materials in the sample. In terms of chemical properties, this study measured the pH and Potential Toxic Elements (PTEs) in the sediments. The pH ranged from 7.2-8.9, while the PTEs showed moderate to very severe levels of contamination by Mn, Pb, Zn, Cd, and Cu, which exceeded the sediment quality standard. The PCA reveals the interconnection between physical and chemical properties, which can identify pollutants derived from anthropogenic materials, as well as indicate low, medium, and high levels of pollution in the lake area.Područje jezera Ciburuy pod velikim je utjecajem širokoga spektra ljudskih aktivnosti, uključujući stambena područja, rižina polja, stočarstvo, plantaže, gust promet vozila i razne industrije, što dovodi do nakupljanja zagađivača. Čestice nastale antropogenim aktivnostima odnijet će se i taložiti s erodiranim tlom i postati sediment u jezeru. To bi moglo stvoriti ozbiljne probleme u vodenome okolišu ako ne postoji studija praćenja. Stoga je cilj ove studije bio identificirati antropogeni materijal proizveden ljudskim aktivnostima korištenjem analize fizičkih i kemijskih svojstava i izračuna indeksa onečišćenja. Analiza fizičkih svojstava pokazala je da su električna vodljivost (EC), ukupna otopljena krutina (TDS) i magnetska osjetljivost po redu unutar raspona 30 – 790 μS/cm, 29 – 555 mg/L, 7,310 – 3431,956 ×10-8 m3/kg. Difrakcija rendgenskih zraka (XRD) i parametar histereze pokazali su da uzorci sadržavaju ferimagnetske materijale, posebno magnetit s pseudojednodomenskom (PSD) i višedomenskom (MD) mješavinom. Skenirajući elektronski mikroskop (SEM) i energetska disperzivna spektroskopija (EDS) identificirali su morfologiju magnetskoga minerala s različitim oblicima, kao što su oktaedar i sferula. Nadalje, oblik sferule upućuje na prisutnost antropogenih materijala u uzorku. Što se tiče kemijskih svojstava, ova studija mjeri pH i potencijalno toksične elemente (PTE) u sedimentima. pH je bio u rasponu 7,2 – 8,9, dok su PTE pokazivali umjerenu do vrlo jaku razinu kontaminacije Mn, Pb, Zn, Cd i Cu, što je premašilo standard kvalitete sedimenta. PCA otkriva međusobnu vezu između fizičkih i kemijskih svojstava, koja mogu identificirati zagađivače koji potječu od antropogenih materijala, kao i uputiti na niske, srednje i visoke razine onečišćenja u području jezera
