Geochemical Aspects of Accumulation of Macroelements in the Subcolloidal Fraction of Bottom Sediments at the Razdol'naya River-Amur Bay Cross-Section (the Sea of Japan)

D. M. Polyakov, A. V. Mozherovskii, and A. A. Mar'yash

The concentration of Si, Al, Mg, K, Ca, Na, Sr, and Ba in the subcolloidal fraction of sedi¬ments at the Razdol'naya River-Amur Bay cross-section is determined using the atomic emission spectroscopy method. Computed is the mean content of studied elements in the soil and river bottom sediments (to the mixing zone). Revealed are river bottom sediments with the high concentration of macroelements corresponding to the zone of mixing of fresh river water and salt sea water. It is demon¬strated that the additional accumulation of macroelements (Ca, Na, and Sr) in these sediments is associated with the formation of hydroxides of Fe and Mn and processes of sorption (Mg, Ca, Na, K, Sr, and Ba) on clay minerals (hydromica and smectites).

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