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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 53-519
Full Name: Javad Tabatabaei
Position: Assistant Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Islamic Azad university , Meymeh branch, Meymeh,Esfahan,Iran
Country: IRAN
Tel: 00989131066560
Tel prefix: 0098
Fax: 00983124222930
E-mail address: tabatabaei_j@yahoo.com
Other E-mails: tabatabaei@iaumeymeh.ac.ir
Title of the Paper: Enrichment of Iron and Manganese in Zayanderoud river sediments (Iran)
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Javad Tabatabaei
Email addresses of all the authors: tabatabaei_j@yahoo.com
Number of paper pages: 20
Abstract: Zayanderud River, located in Isfahan Province with a length of about 420 km flowing from west to east, is one of the most important rivers of Iran. The river is very important because of its various applications of its water. However, many heavy industries, including Zovb-e-ahan Steel Company, Foolad Mobarakeh Steel Company, Polyacryl and other chemical plants as well as several power plants, refineries, military facilities, etc. discharge their wastewater into the river. In order to study the motion changes of the potentially poisonous elements of Iron and manganese and their effective factors in Zayanderoud river sediments, samples were taken from cross-sectional area of each of 12 sampling stations ( up stream to down stream), and then examined using an ICP-MS method (Inductive Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry) . The results from the analysis of fine grain sediments indicate a high concentrations of Fe and Mn in several stations. The separation of human fa!
ctors from natural ones was done by comparing Mn and Fe concentrations at Zamankhan bridge station ( as the reference sample ) with those of the other sampling stations by obtaining the enrichment coefficient. These results reveal that EF measured for elements such as Mn and Fe is high in samples and Geoaccumulation index shows that sediments of Zayanderoud river are little contaminated for these elements.
Keywords: Heavy metal, Enrichment factor, Zayanderoud river, Sediments
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