The effect of industrial practices on stream sediments, and the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland

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dc.contributor.advisorWillis, Jamesen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorFey, Martin Ven_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLake, James Andrewen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-24T09:12:29Z
dc.date.available2016-05-24T09:12:29Z
dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to characterise the impact that a major industrial operation, situated at Somerset West and involved in the manufacturing of a diverse range of chemicals, has had on the sediments of the drainage system that drains the site on which these activities occur. Furthermore, the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland, Wagenveldt vlei, situated downstream of the complex, has been investigated. Sediment cores and water samples were collected at a number of locations down the length of the drain . The water samples were analysed to determine which constituents were present in solution. The cores were separated into a top and bottom layer which were analysed separately to determine their geochemical composition. In some instances a lack of time resulted in some of the analyses being performed on only a select number of samples. An experiment was performed on the sediments collected from the bottom layer to determine what would happen if the sediments became oxic and the sulphides and organic matter in the sediments were oxidised.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLake, J. A. (1997). <i>The effect of industrial practices on stream sediments, and the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19809en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLake, James Andrew. <i>"The effect of industrial practices on stream sediments, and the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19809en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLake, J. 1997. The effect of industrial practices on stream sediments, and the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Lake, James Andrew AB - The objective of this study was to characterise the impact that a major industrial operation, situated at Somerset West and involved in the manufacturing of a diverse range of chemicals, has had on the sediments of the drainage system that drains the site on which these activities occur. Furthermore, the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland, Wagenveldt vlei, situated downstream of the complex, has been investigated. Sediment cores and water samples were collected at a number of locations down the length of the drain . The water samples were analysed to determine which constituents were present in solution. The cores were separated into a top and bottom layer which were analysed separately to determine their geochemical composition. In some instances a lack of time resulted in some of the analyses being performed on only a select number of samples. An experiment was performed on the sediments collected from the bottom layer to determine what would happen if the sediments became oxic and the sulphides and organic matter in the sediments were oxidised. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - The effect of industrial practices on stream sediments, and the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland TI - The effect of industrial practices on stream sediments, and the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19809 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19809
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLake JA. The effect of industrial practices on stream sediments, and the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetland. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Geological Sciences, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19809en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherGeological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherGeochemistryen_ZA
dc.titleThe effect of industrial practices on stream sediments, and the impact of these sediments on the geochemistry of a wetlanden_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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