Hydrodynamic Forcing Mobilizes Cu in Low-Permeability Estuarine Sediments

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 50; no. 9; pp. 4615 - 4623
• Main Authors: Xie, Minwei, Wang, Ning, Gaillard, Jean-François, Packman, Aaron I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 03.05.2016
• Subjects: Contaminated sediments; copper; Environmental science; estuarine sediments; Fluid mechanics; Geologic Sediments; Hydrodynamics; laboratory experimentation; Metals; particle size distribution; Permeability; rivers; Sediment transport; Sediments; Water Movements; USA, Maine, Piscataqua R

Overlying hydrodynamics play critical roles in controlling surface-porewater exchanges in permeable sediments, but these effects have rarely been characterized in low-permeability sediments. We conducted a series of laboratory experiments to evaluate the effects of varied hydrodynamic conditions on...