Effects of morphological changes on metal accumulation in a salt marsh sediment of the Skallingen peninsula,Denmark |
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Authors: | Christiansen Christian Bartholdy Jesper Kunzendorf Helmar |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark;(2) Gamma Dating Center, Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark |
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Abstract: | In 1931 a red-colored, sandy marker horizon was placed on the emergingSkallingen salt marsh. Sedimentation on top of the marker horizon sincethen shows two opposing tendencies. Coincident with salt marshdevelopment the sediments display up to 1964 a fining upward sequencewith an increasing content of organic matter. Since 1964 a nearby creekhas meandered towards the sampling plot. Consequently, the sedimentsbecome coarser with a decreasing organic matter content. Themorphological induced changes in sedimentary conditions strongly influencemetal content in the sediments and thereby hide anthropogenic inducedconcentration variations. Thus, an apparently diminishing Zn content (perkg dry weight) since 1964 could indicate lesser load to the area. However,corrected for grain size effects there is an increasing content of Zn. Othermetal concentrations (e.g. Cu) show a diminishing trend when corrected forgrain size effects and therefore indicate a reduced anthropogenic inducedload of these metals to the salt marsh. |
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Keywords: | dating metal accumulation morphology salt marsh sedimentation Skallingen |
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