Published 2013 | Version v1
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Study of factors controlling organic pollution in Lake Kiba

  • 1. Kanazawa Univ., Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Nomi, Ishikawa (Japan)

Description

Lake Kiba is located in Ishikawa Prefecture and has been facing to high COD value, a simple indicator of organic pollution, of lake water. This study analyzed organic matter content in a sediment core with time scale and discussed factors controlling COD value. Sedimentation rate estimated from depth profile of 210Pbex is divided into three periods such as present-1989, 1989-1959 and 1959-past. TOC flux at the present is five times higher than that of 1959. The TOC/TN molar ratio decreased from 15.7 to 12.8. These results suggest that accumulation of total organic matter increases but the contribution of terrestrial organic matter and phytoplankton relatively varies with time. (author)

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5th Asia-Pacific symposium on radiochemistry (APSORC13)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
5th Asia-Pacific symposium on radiochemistry (APSORC13)
Imprint Pagination
378 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 327

Conference

Title
5. Asia-Pacific symposium on radiochemistry
Acronym
APSORC13
Dates
22-27 Sep 2013
Place
Kanazawa, Ishikawa (Japan)

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