Determining water and sediment quality related to lead-zinc mining activity

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dc.authoridBABA, ALPER/0000-0001-5307-3156
dc.contributor.authorYucel, Deniz Sanliyuksel
dc.contributor.authorBaba, Alper
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:34:59Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:34:59Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study focuses on the Koru and Tesbihdere Pb-Zn mining districts. located at the upstream areas of the Umurbey dam basin. Mining activities in Koru, one of the longest operated mines in NW Turkey, date back to the beginning of the 1900s. The purpose of the study is to (1) determine the hydrochemical properties of the water resources and to assess the potential environmental consequences of mining activities in the Koru and Tesbihdere mining districts, and (2) investigate the effects caused by mining activities on the water resources and sediment quality in the Umurbey dam basin. Concentrations of As, Cd. Cu, Fe. Mn, Pb, and Zn in river sediments downstream of the Tesbihdere and Koru mining district, and in the Umurbey darn sediments were higher than the world average for river sediments. The geoaccumulation index and enrichment factor revealed that sediments were strongly polluted with Pb and Zn, moderately to strongly polluted with Cd and moderately polluted with Cu. The chemical analyses of water resources revealed that the maximum Fe, Zn, Pb, Mn, and Cu concentrations reached 2890 mu g/l, 1785 mu g/l, 1180 mu g/l, 984 mu g/l. and 419 mu g/l, respectively. The Koru River is classified as polluted water according to Turkish inland water quality regulations. The environmental contamination problems in the local drainage system are caused by leakage from past and current tailing ponds into the Koru River.
dc.identifier.doi10.24425/122294
dc.identifier.endpage30
dc.identifier.issn2083-4772
dc.identifier.issn2083-4810
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85052205183
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage19
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.24425/122294
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/23536
dc.identifier.volume44
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000449559400003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPolska Akad Nauk, Polish Acad Sciences, Inst Environ Eng Pas
dc.relation.ispartofArchives of Environmental Protection
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectmetal contamination
dc.subjectPb-Zn mining
dc.subjectriver sediment
dc.subjectUmurbey dam basin
dc.subjectwater resources
dc.subjectwater quality
dc.titleDetermining water and sediment quality related to lead-zinc mining activity
dc.typeArticle

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