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dc.contributor.authorChague-Gofp, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Tark S.
dc.contributor.authorScott, David B
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-19T16:50:44Z
dc.date.available2013-08-19T16:50:44Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.citationChague-Gofp Catherine, Hamilton, Tark S., and Scott, David B. (2001). Geochemical evidence for the recent changes in a salt marsh, Chezzetcook Inlet, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nova Scotian Institute of Science 41(4) 149-159.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/35385
dc.descriptionIncludes b&w maps; diagrams; bibliographic referencesen_US
dc.description.abstractSediment cores were collected from the salt marsh located in the West Head of Chezzetcook Inlet, and analyzed to determine the recent changes in geochemistry as a result of both natural and anthropogenic influence. ^137 Cs dating was used to determine the accretion rates and shows that the sedimentation rates have been slightly higher in the high marsh than in the middle marsh for the last 30 years, probably as a result of increased terrestrial sediment influx. Elemental distribution is mainly related to mineral matter abundance and variety (e.g. mica, halite), However, elevated concentrations of Fe, Ni, Co, Mo and As near the surface of the marsh sequence at the landward edge of the marsh is attributed to anthropogenic input related to the recent road construction, while an elemental enrichment at about 1 m depth is attributed to diagenetic processes, which have resulted in elemental precipitation as sulfides at the boundary between the oxidized and reduced sediment layer.en_US
dc.description.abstractOn a collectioné des carottes de sédiment du marais salé situté à West Head de Chezzetcook Inlet, et on les a analysés en but de déterminer les changements géochimiques dus aux influences naturelles et anthropogéniques. La datation au ^137 cesium a été usagée pour déterminer les taux d'accrétion , et a demontré que les taux de sédimentation ont été un peu plus élevés dans Ie haut marais que dans celui du milieu pendant les derniéres 30 années, probablement à cause d'un plus grand envahissement de sédiment terrestre. La distribution d'éléments se rapproche surtout à l'abondance et à la variété de matiéres minérales (par ex., le mica, la halite). Tout de même, les concentrations du Fe, Ni, Co, Mo et As près de la surface de la terre en haut du marais se rapporte à l'entrée anthropogénique pendant la construction récente d'un chemin. L'enrichement d'élémenls à un métre de profondeur est dû aux processus diagénéiques qui ont effectué la précipitation éIémentaire de sulfures à la borne entre les couches de sédiment oxydé et réduit.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectSalt marshes
dc.subjectChezzetcook Inlet (N.S.)
dc.subjectGeochemistry
dc.subjectSediments (Geology)
dc.subjectSedimentation rates
dc.titleGeochemical Evidence for the Recent Changes in a Salt Marsh, Chezzetcook Inlet, Nova Scotia, Canadaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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