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@ARTICLE{Magnsson:878634,
author = {Magnússon, Rúna and Cammeraat, Erik and Lücke, Andreas
and Jansen, Boris and Zimmer, Anaïs and Recharte, Jorge},
title = {{I}nfluence of glacial sediments on the chemical quality of
surface water in the {U}lta valley, {C}ordillera {B}lanca,
{P}eru},
journal = {Journal of hydrology},
volume = {587},
issn = {0022-1694},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-02965},
pages = {125027 -},
year = {2020},
abstract = {The Río Santa (Ancash, Peru) and its tributaries are an
essential source of drinking and irrigation water. Its
discharge relies on glacial meltwater, which is diminishing
due to the rapid decrease in glacial extent. As a secondary
effect, water quality can be compromised (e.g. pH < 3 and
high concentrations of SO42− and trace metals). Although
this has previously been attributed to pyrite rich Chicama
bedrock exposed by glacial retreat, little is known about
the occurrence of Chicama fragments in Quaternary glacial
sediments and its influence on water quality. This research
aims at elucidating this effect by relating observed changes
in water quality in streams to presence and chemical
composition of morainic ridges in the Quebrada Ulta in the
Río Santa basin. Changes in water quality before and after
contact with a morainic ridge were assessed using carbonate
alkalinity titration, ion analysis and elemental analysis.
Moreover, relative contributions of glacial meltwater and
precipitation were assessed qualitatively using stable water
isotope analysis. We used a novel method to explain the
provenance of contaminated glacial sediments using a
reconstruction of their source area. The mineralogical
composition of a morainic ridge was strongly related to the
geology of the source area indicating that mineralogical
composition of tills may be predicted using this technique.
Effects of glacial sediments in morainic ridges on water
quality were minimal but depended on their mineralogical
composition. Morainic ridges with a high content of Chicama
shales tended to increase solute loads of Mg and SO42−.
Additionally, isotope signatures suggest that during the dry
season, moraines may act as reservoirs for
precipitation-derived shallow groundwater. Clear trends in
water quality were observed along the whole flow path of the
Río Buín, which could potentially be explained by
increased groundwater contribution downstream and shifts in
dominant weathering mechanisms. Future research should focus
on disentangling these various drivers of water quality in
glacial catchments.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {690},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
(POF3-255)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000568819100023},
doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125027},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/878634},
}