Heavy-Metal Concentrations in Sediments Collected from ICRISAT Lake, Patancheru, India

Shirisha, K and Sahrawat, K L and Prathibha Devi, B and Wani, S P (2016) Heavy-Metal Concentrations in Sediments Collected from ICRISAT Lake, Patancheru, India. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 47 (03). 01-08. ISSN 0010-3624

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Abstract

To determine and characterize the initial background concentrations of heavy metals, a total of 50 sediment samples were collected from the largest lake at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Patancheru, India. The finely ground sediment samples were digested using a microwave-assisted digestion method and analyzed for 15 heavy metals using inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The results showed that the concentrations of the heavy metals varied greatly with metal and sediment sample, but in general the concentrations were low. Our results suggest that the sediments from this lake (15 ha in area) at the ICRISAT center do not appear contaminated with the heavy metals evaluated, and they indeed reflect normal background concentrations of these metals released through the natural process of weathering.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
CRP:	UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Heavy metals, Trace metals contamination, ICP-OES, Runoff, sediments, Water resources, Sediment samples
Subjects:	Others > Soil Science
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	13 May 2016 10:27
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2016 09:14
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9519
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2015.1122802
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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