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Transformations of pollutants in the river water-pore solution-solid phase of the bottom sediments system in small rivers (using the example of waterways in the Losinyi Ostrov (Elk Island) National Park)

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The distribution of heavy metals has been examined in water and bottom sediments of small streams within the Losinyi Ostrov (Elk Island) National Park (Moscow) that are undergoing manmade impacts. We demonstrated that pollution caused by motor vehicles causes seasonal changes in the general composition of the river water and pore solutions in bottom sediments. The strongest pollution of water and sediments was found near the CMHW (Circum-Moscow Highway) (Zn, Pb, Cu). This is expressed in the growth of mobile forms of metals in sediments. We have shown, using Zn as an example, the pollution transformation in the snow-river water-suspension-bottom sediment system.

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Original Russian Text © O.V. Sokolova, D.V. Grichuk, T.V. Shestakova, K.A. Pestova, 2008, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Geologiya, 2008, No. 2, pp. 46–57.

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Sokolova, O.V., Grichuk, D.V., Shestakova, T.V. et al. Transformations of pollutants in the river water-pore solution-solid phase of the bottom sediments system in small rivers (using the example of waterways in the Losinyi Ostrov (Elk Island) National Park). Moscow Univ. Geol. Bull. 63, 95–107 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0145875208020051

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