Topic III - Environmental issues > III-4-Tracing anthropogenic contamination in lake sediments: novel methods and applications

Conveners

1. Aurea C. Hernández (Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland)
2. Richard Bindler (Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden)
3. Amila De Silva (Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Toronto, Canada)
4. Martin Grosjean (Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research and Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland) 

Current developments in analytical techniques have provided novel insight into determining chemicals of concern at trace levels in lake sediments. These compounds and their transformation products contain information about the sources, transport across ecosystem compartments, and sinks in sediments through time. This session invites contributions exploring methods and applications of novel analytical techniques (e.g., LC/GC-MS/MS, 2D-GC-MS, HR-MS, MALDI-Imaging-MS), data processing, statistical analysis and data mining of potentially harmful organic and inorganic, natural and synthetic compounds, including legacy and emerging organic micropollutants, heavy metals, and other contaminants. We also welcome contributions from process studies, ecotoxicological risk assessments, and remediation of contaminated lake systems. The session covers instrumental, historical, and prehistorical times.