Sediments in many rivers and lakes are subjected to resuspension due to a combination of hydrodynamics. However, the roles of contaminant-contained dissolved and particulate sediments during the resuspension release a...Sediments in many rivers and lakes are subjected to resuspension due to a combination of hydrodynamics. However, the roles of contaminant-contained dissolved and particulate sediments during the resuspension release are rarely studied. This study focuses on the release quantity of contaminants in both water phase and solid phase. Conservative tracer （NaC1） and reactive tracer （Phosphorus） were respectively added to cohesive fine-grained sediments and non-cohesive coarse-grained sediments. A range of typical shear stress was conducted to characterize the time-depended release of contaminants in a laboratory flume. When the sediment started to move, the concentration of contaminant in the overlying water increased with the bed shear stress, but the dissolved contaminants responded faster than the particulate ones. The observed contaminant release process can be divided into three main stages： the initial two hours fast mixing： the release contribution of pore water could reach up to 75%; the middle 4-6 h adsorption： the partitioning coefficient of contaminant between water phase and solid phase decreased over the time, and the adsorption of contaminates from resuspended sediment dominated the negative release; the last equilibrium stage： the desorption and adsorption reached equilibrium, and the reactive contaminant made an impact on the water quality in the solid phase. The existing formulas to evaluate the release flux are far from practice meaning as the sediment contaminants undergo a very complex release process.展开更多
Sediment-water interfaces are important interfaces for lakes,which are related to most environmental and ecological problems.Wind-induced waves cause secondary pollution via sediment resuspension.Since the coupling me...Sediment-water interfaces are important interfaces for lakes,which are related to most environmental and ecological problems.Wind-induced waves cause secondary pollution via sediment resuspension.Since the coupling mechanism of water,resuspended sediments,and phosphorus affects the release of phosphorus(P)near the interface,a coupled model was explored for two sediment types with different adsorption-desorption capabilities to examine sediment resuspension and P release.The relationships among wind speed,wave characteristics,sediment distribution and P concentration were obtained.For different sediments,the unit sediment desorption release is negatively correlated with wind speed.When sediments are resuspended under low or moderate wind speed,the P concentration in the overlying water increases abruptly,hampering diffusion.P release exhibits the characteristics of concentrated release in a small region and changes the water environment rapidly.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10972134)the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China(Grant No.11032007)
文摘Sediments in many rivers and lakes are subjected to resuspension due to a combination of hydrodynamics. However, the roles of contaminant-contained dissolved and particulate sediments during the resuspension release are rarely studied. This study focuses on the release quantity of contaminants in both water phase and solid phase. Conservative tracer （NaC1） and reactive tracer （Phosphorus） were respectively added to cohesive fine-grained sediments and non-cohesive coarse-grained sediments. A range of typical shear stress was conducted to characterize the time-depended release of contaminants in a laboratory flume. When the sediment started to move, the concentration of contaminant in the overlying water increased with the bed shear stress, but the dissolved contaminants responded faster than the particulate ones. The observed contaminant release process can be divided into three main stages： the initial two hours fast mixing： the release contribution of pore water could reach up to 75%; the middle 4-6 h adsorption： the partitioning coefficient of contaminant between water phase and solid phase decreased over the time, and the adsorption of contaminates from resuspended sediment dominated the negative release; the last equilibrium stage： the desorption and adsorption reached equilibrium, and the reactive contaminant made an impact on the water quality in the solid phase. The existing formulas to evaluate the release flux are far from practice meaning as the sediment contaminants undergo a very complex release process.
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.201BYf,CJ505500,and 201BYFCI505504)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant Nos.11802313,and 12032005).
文摘Sediment-water interfaces are important interfaces for lakes,which are related to most environmental and ecological problems.Wind-induced waves cause secondary pollution via sediment resuspension.Since the coupling mechanism of water,resuspended sediments,and phosphorus affects the release of phosphorus(P)near the interface,a coupled model was explored for two sediment types with different adsorption-desorption capabilities to examine sediment resuspension and P release.The relationships among wind speed,wave characteristics,sediment distribution and P concentration were obtained.For different sediments,the unit sediment desorption release is negatively correlated with wind speed.When sediments are resuspended under low or moderate wind speed,the P concentration in the overlying water increases abruptly,hampering diffusion.P release exhibits the characteristics of concentrated release in a small region and changes the water environment rapidly.
