Scientific Journal of Earth Science

June 2013, Volume 3, Issue 2, PP.41-48

Iodine Study of Marine Sediment from Three

Sea Areas
Lihong Ji, Guangshan Liu#, Zhigang Chen, Yipu Huang
College of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
#

Email: lgshan@xmu.edu.cn

Abstract
The iodine in the sediments collected from Jiaozhou Bay, East China Sea and East Pacific were measured and the distribution
features in sediment cores were studied. The correlation between iodine and organic carbon contents in the sediments was
evaluated. The results gave that the iodine contents in the sediments from Jiaozhou Bay are in the range of 51.6-94.3mg/kg and
36.5-50.3 mg/kg in the land sediment surrounding Jiaozhou Bay, and they are between 35.2 to 77.8mg/kg in the core from East
Chins Sea, but vary from 68.2 to 105.6mg/kg in the sediments from East Pacific. Sequentially, from higher level to low level of
iodine content, that was: East pacific > Jiaozhou Bay > East China Sea > land sediment surrounding Jiaozhou Bay. The correlation
between iodine and organic carbon contents in the sediment from East Pacific is well close, in contrast with that, they are not
found for other sediment from other two sea areas, which demonstrated that the relation between iodine and organic carbon
contents may be variable. The correlation iodine and organic carbon content is well close in sediment of marine source but not for
terrigenous sediment.
Keywords: Marine Sediment; Iodine; Organic Carbon; Jiaozhou Bay; East China Sea; East Pacific

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