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- Title
Spatiotemporal distribution of some dissolved salts and minerals in Lake Edku connected to Mediterranean Sea: in relation to different pollutant inputs.
- Authors
El-Said, Ghada F.; El-Sadaawy, Manal M.; Shaltout, Nayrah A.; Moneer, Abeer A.
- Abstract
Regarding the generally accepted view of the minerals formed in solving the problem of ecosystem pollution, this research aims to track the role of seasonal minerals in overcoming widespread pollution problems in Lake Edku. At eleven locations inside Lake Edku and three locations in the outside the water inlets, some physical and chemical parameters that affect the formation of minerals and salts were detected seasonally. As a result of human activities from 1972 to 2020, the applied remote sensing technology showed a decrease in the area of Edku Lake by 13.3%. The saturation index (SI) of twelve minerals formed in fifty-six seasonal water samples collected from fourteen locations inside and outside the lake was estimated. The saturation index (SI) of anhydrite (ANH), gypsum (GYP), calcium phosphate (CP), magnesium phosphate (MP), calcite (CAL), aragonite (ARG), dolomite (DOL), magnesite (MGS), fluorapatite (FAP), hydroxyapatite (HAP), octacalcium phosphate (OCP), and carbonate-fluorapatite (CFAP) was calculated. The presented SI values of apatite and phosphate minerals including FAP (SI 30.63–65.65), CFAP (SI 28.14–40.02), HAP (SI 24.83–31.81), Ca3(PO4)2 (SI 23.99–25.95), OCP (SI 19.96–25.47), and Mg3(PO4)2 (SI 15.80–17.46) were high. Palmer-Roger's diagram and piper ternary diagram models reflected the abundance of NaCl in lake water with 30, 40, 46, and 75% in winter, spring, summer, and autumn, respectively. Using correlation matrix, multiple stepwise regression and cluster analysis for statistical analysis, the relationship between sedimentary minerals and outflow and drainage, as well as the role of sedimentary minerals in reducing pollution in the lake area, was outlined.
- Subjects
EGYPT; SALT lakes; PHOSPHATE minerals; WATER pollution; POLLUTANTS; PROBLEM solving; CALCIUM phosphate; GYPSUM
- Publication
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 2021, Vol 193, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0167-6369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10661-021-08935-0