Differences in acquisition of environmental data in strongly impacted marine sediments using gravity and vibro corers: the case-study of Augusta harbor (Eastern Sicily, Italy)
Differences in acquisition of environmental data in strongly impacted marine sediments using gravity and vibro corers: the case-study of Augusta harbor (Eastern Sicily, Italy)
Sediment cores are used to reconstruct the chronological evolution of contamination in impacted areas while deep core levels may be considered as reference conditions for the assessment of environmental status. For this purpose, the collection of undisturbed cores is essential. Vibro and gravity corers are the most used devices for environmental research. In this study, chemical (Ba, Hg and PCBs) and grain size data obtained by means of gravity (SW-104) and vibro (Rossfelder®) corer from 3 stations of the heavily contaminated Augusta harbor (Sicily, Italy) were considered. Their vertical profiles were compared considering the different technical characteristics of corers, in order to highlight differences in data acquisition. Results showed that, for areas characterized by high sedimentation rates, the vibrocorer is the best choice for the higher penetration capacity. No significant differences were recognized for sediment compaction and potential downward drag of the contaminants.
Contaminated areas, Environmental data, Gravity corer, Marine sediments, Vibrocorer
184-190
Romano, E.
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Bergamin, L.
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Celia Magno, M.
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Ausili, A.
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Gabellini, M.
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Croudace, I.W.
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1 August 2018
Romano, E.
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Bergamin, L.
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Celia Magno, M.
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Ausili, A.
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Gabellini, M.
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Croudace, I.W.
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Romano, E., Bergamin, L., Celia Magno, M., Ausili, A., Gabellini, M. and Croudace, I.W.
(2018)
Differences in acquisition of environmental data in strongly impacted marine sediments using gravity and vibro corers: the case-study of Augusta harbor (Eastern Sicily, Italy).
Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 124, .
(doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2018.04.025).
Abstract
Sediment cores are used to reconstruct the chronological evolution of contamination in impacted areas while deep core levels may be considered as reference conditions for the assessment of environmental status. For this purpose, the collection of undisturbed cores is essential. Vibro and gravity corers are the most used devices for environmental research. In this study, chemical (Ba, Hg and PCBs) and grain size data obtained by means of gravity (SW-104) and vibro (Rossfelder®) corer from 3 stations of the heavily contaminated Augusta harbor (Sicily, Italy) were considered. Their vertical profiles were compared considering the different technical characteristics of corers, in order to highlight differences in data acquisition. Results showed that, for areas characterized by high sedimentation rates, the vibrocorer is the best choice for the higher penetration capacity. No significant differences were recognized for sediment compaction and potential downward drag of the contaminants.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 April 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 April 2018
Published date: 1 August 2018
Keywords:
Contaminated areas, Environmental data, Gravity corer, Marine sediments, Vibrocorer
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Local EPrints ID: 420498
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420498
ISSN: 0263-2241
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