The preliminary results aimed to defining the environmental conditions of the hydrographic basin and based on geochemical and hydrological methods are presented. The discussed case study is represented by the Reno river, northern Italy, where its environmental conditions are initially determined with a geochemical analysis of the solid suspended material and of the water in 8 monitoring stations. In particular, the chemical analysis of the collected solid material by means of an X-rays method and of the waters by means of ICP-MS standard procedures allowed to define i) the principal mean concentrations of both water and sediments and their comparison with the Italian and European legislative limits; ii) the variations in ionic concentration of both sediments and water, therefore enabling to infer the degree of erodibility of the rocks outcropping within the hydrographic basins, their relation with the amount of precipitation and corrivation times of the water at the monitoring sections.
Geochimical composition of water and suspended river sediments: a tool for the environmental analysis of a hydrographic basin / D.Pavanelli; D. Rapti-Caputo; C.Vaccaro. - ELETTRONICO. - (2006). (Intervento presentato al convegno COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) ACTION 634 – On- and off-site impacts of runoff and erosion Meeting 2006 tenutosi a Samos, Grecia nel 26-28 maggio 2006).
Geochimical composition of water and suspended river sediments: a tool for the environmental analysis of a hydrographic basin.
PAVANELLI, DONATELLA;
2006
Abstract
The preliminary results aimed to defining the environmental conditions of the hydrographic basin and based on geochemical and hydrological methods are presented. The discussed case study is represented by the Reno river, northern Italy, where its environmental conditions are initially determined with a geochemical analysis of the solid suspended material and of the water in 8 monitoring stations. In particular, the chemical analysis of the collected solid material by means of an X-rays method and of the waters by means of ICP-MS standard procedures allowed to define i) the principal mean concentrations of both water and sediments and their comparison with the Italian and European legislative limits; ii) the variations in ionic concentration of both sediments and water, therefore enabling to infer the degree of erodibility of the rocks outcropping within the hydrographic basins, their relation with the amount of precipitation and corrivation times of the water at the monitoring sections.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
