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SF Bay CoresUncovering Our Dirty Past
RMP Annual Meeting 2009
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HUH!
CORE
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WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
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ABSOLUTELY
SOMETHING
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Sediments Tell Our HistoryAmerica’s largest core?
Even when not neatly stacked, a history of process |
SF Bay core to scale >
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SF Bay - Cored Before
• USGS (1990) cores– 90+ sites screened only– 2 depositional sites in
detail• Polluted max subsurface
– Pollutant reservoir• Much of SF Bay eroding• Ticking TIME BOMB?!!!
Hornberger 1999
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• Need baywide inventory to predict trajectory– 2 of 90+ sites probably not representative– Much of Bay erosional, not depositional (Jaffe et al)
• Use those previous 90+ cores?– Old, unusable for chemical analyses
Why Recore?
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11 Bay (Underwater) Sites
• Random, representative(inventory, processes)– 3 sites Central Bay,– 2 each other segments– Mostly RMP annual
repeat stations
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Bay Vibracoring
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6 Wetland Sites
• Loading history– Depositional zones
• 1 site each segment– Pt Edith (Martinez)– Wildcat (Richmond)– Damon Sl. (Oakland)– Greco Island (R.C.)– Coyote Creek (S.J.)
+ Alviso Marina (for NewAlmaden)
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Wetland Piston Coring
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What Did We Expect?
• Pollutant distribution - function of– Local land use/pollutant loading– Sediment process history
• Sedimentation rates and dates– Similar in segment (shared water, sediment)– Mid-scale differences (source proximity, etc)
• How do we get rates and dates for cores?
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Core # 3: How oldare you?
Date A Core
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Dating: Bathymetry
(USGS Bruce Jaffe)• Net bathymetric
change betweensurveys+ deposition – erosion
• Some sitesdepositional &erosional differentperiods
2006
1983
1956
1931
1898
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Dating: Radioisotopes
(USC Hammond)• 137Cs in atom bomb
– Post ~1950– Max ~1960
• 210Pb decay– Half life 22 yrs– Decay/dilution can
look similar• If Cs & Pb similar,
likely dilution
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Dating Results
• Sites within segments similar– Suisun, San Pablo erosional– Central, South neutral/erosional– Lower South depositional
• Radiodating/bathymetry results similar– Not perfect matching given spatial
variation/resolution of bathymetry
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Digging Into Our Dirty Past
• Age of layer → hints what you might find
2006
1983
1956
1931
1898
PCBs?
Hoffa?
Hg?
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Our Dirty Past: Copper
• USGS record of copper in South Bay
– Surface sediments and clams max ~1980
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Similar History in Cores
• Cu max ~1980s in South Bay wetland
1960 estimated by 137Cs
1960
2006
~1980
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1980s: Cleaning Up Our Act
(Pre)treatment!Palo Alto Loads 1977-1998
(Remove Remove Remove Remove)
How did we get here? (Clearly NOT the same as it ever was…)
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Our Dirty Past: Mercury
• Max in wetlands ~1960 or a bit earlier
1960 estimated by 137Cs
• Where is the mercury from?
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Blame…
BAY
NEW ALMADEN
New Almaden?
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Is It Really From Mining?
• New Almaden mining max late 1800s• Last vestiges 1940s
Bailey and Everhart 1964
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• Unlike wastewater Cu, mine Hg starts highin watershed, could….– take a while to get down– still be up there
or…– cores too shallow?
• NO, 1870<1960in previous study
Not-So-Quicksilver?
Conaway 2004
1960
1870
1570
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Mines in Oakland??• If 1960 max from mining, why is Oakland (CB) ~
Coyote (LSB) > SB, SPB, SUB
• Alternative hypotheses?...
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Old King Coal?
U.S. Dept of Energy
• Urban residential/industrial sources• Temporarily peaked in 1940s
– post 1970s use more centralized/controlled/treated
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Same Patterns in Bay?
• Mostly not- comparatively flat, but deepestsections lower in Hg, Cu, etc.
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Breaking News: PCBs*• Wetland max ~1980
* Preliminary results subject to revision. QA data not yet fully reviewed. Do not cite or quote. PCBs represents thesums of individual congeners reported by the RMP, including coeluters. Results shown may not be typical, consultwith your doctorate before proceeding on any program of action.
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
SPB Wildcat
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
SUB Edith
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
SB Greco
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
CB Damon
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
LSB Alviso
LSB Coyote
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Breaking News: PCBs*• Bay max much smaller
* Preliminary results subject to revision. QA data not yet fully reviewed. Do not cite or quote. PCBs represents thesums of individual congeners reported by the RMP, including coeluters. Results shown may not be typical, consultwith your doctorate before proceeding on any program of action.
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
SUB001
SUB002
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
SPB001
SPB002
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
CB001
CB002
CB006
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
SB001
SB002
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
LSB001
LSB002
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• Wetland max at surface
* Preliminary results subject to revision. QA data not yet fully reviewed. Do not cite or quote.
Tomorrow’s Legacy? PBDEs*More Breaking News:
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
SUB Edith
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
CB Damon
CONC (!g/Kg)
0 100 200
DE
PT
H (c
m)
0
100
LSB Alviso
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• Good news-– Few nasty surprises in Bay (only 4 of >100
sites have large subsurface max)– Mostly near current surface concentrations
• Bad news-– Not for lack of/constant sources
• wetland cores show otherwise
Where have all the time bombs gone?
Good News / Bad News
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Lukewarm Regional
Already Blown Up?
• Bay mixing, erosion spread pollutants• Dilution to “safe” levels slow, if ever
Warm AreaHot Spot
Low-level Global
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Proverbs Re-LearnedDon’t wait until the horse has bolted to close the
barn door.A stitch in time saves nine.Turn off the faucet before mopping the floor
R. Hoenicke
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.B. Franklin
An ounce of preventionis worth a TON of cure.