TY  - JOUR
AU  - Culicov, Otilia Ana
AU  - Trtić-Petrović, Tatjana M.
AU  - Nekhoroshkov, Pavel S.
AU  - Zinicovscaia, Inga
AU  - Duliu, Octavian G.
PY  - 2022
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/10463
AB  - To determine the nature and origin of the unconsolidated bottom sediments, as well as to demonstrate and quantify the presence of Presumably Contaminating Elements (PCE) in the Serbian Danube River, as a novelty, the mass fractions on nine major elements as oxides—SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, FeO, MnO, MgO, CaO, Na2O, and K2O, as well as Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Rb, Sr, Zr, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Th, and U were determined by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) in 13 sediment samples collected between Belgrade and Iron Gate 2 dam. INAA was chosen for its ability to perform elemental analysis without any preliminary sample treatment that could introduce systematic errors. The distribution of major elements was relatively uniform, with the sampling locations having less influence. Concerning the trace elements, excepting the PCE Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, and Sb, their distributions presented the same remarkable similarity to the Upper Continental Crust (UCC), North American Shale Composite (NASC), Average Bottom Load (ABL), and Average Dobrogea Loess (AVL), and were in good concordance with the location of the Serbian Danube River in the Pannonian Plain. In the case of considered PCE, both Enrichment Factor and Pollution Load Index showed values higher than the pollution threshold, which pointed towards a significant anthropogenic contamination, and rising concern to what extent the water quality and biota could be affected.
T2  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
T1  - On the Geochemistry of the Danube River Sediments (Serbian Sector)
VL  - 19
IS  - 19
SP  - 12879
DO  - 10.3390/ijerph191912879
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Culicov, Otilia Ana and Trtić-Petrović, Tatjana M. and Nekhoroshkov, Pavel S. and Zinicovscaia, Inga and Duliu, Octavian G.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "To determine the nature and origin of the unconsolidated bottom sediments, as well as to demonstrate and quantify the presence of Presumably Contaminating Elements (PCE) in the Serbian Danube River, as a novelty, the mass fractions on nine major elements as oxides—SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3, FeO, MnO, MgO, CaO, Na2O, and K2O, as well as Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Rb, Sr, Zr, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, W, Th, and U were determined by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) in 13 sediment samples collected between Belgrade and Iron Gate 2 dam. INAA was chosen for its ability to perform elemental analysis without any preliminary sample treatment that could introduce systematic errors. The distribution of major elements was relatively uniform, with the sampling locations having less influence. Concerning the trace elements, excepting the PCE Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, and Sb, their distributions presented the same remarkable similarity to the Upper Continental Crust (UCC), North American Shale Composite (NASC), Average Bottom Load (ABL), and Average Dobrogea Loess (AVL), and were in good concordance with the location of the Serbian Danube River in the Pannonian Plain. In the case of considered PCE, both Enrichment Factor and Pollution Load Index showed values higher than the pollution threshold, which pointed towards a significant anthropogenic contamination, and rising concern to what extent the water quality and biota could be affected.",
journal = "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health",
title = "On the Geochemistry of the Danube River Sediments (Serbian Sector)",
volume = "19",
number = "19",
pages = "12879",
doi = "10.3390/ijerph191912879"
}

Culicov, O. A., Trtić-Petrović, T. M., Nekhoroshkov, P. S., Zinicovscaia, I.,& Duliu, O. G.. (2022). On the Geochemistry of the Danube River Sediments (Serbian Sector). in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12879.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912879

Culicov OA, Trtić-Petrović TM, Nekhoroshkov PS, Zinicovscaia I, Duliu OG. On the Geochemistry of the Danube River Sediments (Serbian Sector). in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022;19(19):12879.
doi:10.3390/ijerph191912879 .

Culicov, Otilia Ana, Trtić-Petrović, Tatjana M., Nekhoroshkov, Pavel S., Zinicovscaia, Inga, Duliu, Octavian G., "On the Geochemistry of the Danube River Sediments (Serbian Sector)" in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, no. 19 (2022):12879,
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912879 . .