The impact of the 1999 Mw 7.4 event in the İzmit Bay (Turkey) on anthropogenic contaminant (PCBs, PAHs and PBDEs) concentrations recorded in a deep sediment core

Deciphering Co‐Seismic Sedimentary Processes in the Mediterranean Sea Using Elemental, Organic Carbon, and Isotopic Data

“…Yellow (STa and STb): earthquake-triggered sediment units and process; Gray (STc): earthquake/tsunami triggered sediment unit and process; and Light blue (STd): tsunami backwash sediment unit and process. Giuliani et al, 2017;Pongpiachan & Schwarzer 2013;Tipmanee et al, 2012). The same tracers are widely used also in tsunami research onshore and in the marine environment (Chagué- Goff et al, 2017 and references therein).…”

“…Geochemistry is a powerful tool in reconstructing the sediment sources (detrital vs. endogenic or continental vs. marine) and transport paths of mass flow units. Applications of geochemistry in submarine paleoseismology include the analyses of inorganic tracers (Chagué‐Goff et al., 2017; Goff et al., 2018; Polonia, Panieri, et al., 2013; Schwestermann et al., 2020; Yakupoğlu et al., 2019), radionuclides (Çağatay et al., 2012; McHugh, Kanamatsu, Seeber, Bopp, Cormier, & Usami, 2016; McHugh, Seeber, et al., 2020; Sakuna‐Schwartz et al., 2015), organic carbon (Bao et al., 2018) and organic contaminants (e.g., PAHs Giuliani et al., 2017; Pongpiachan & Schwarzer 2013; Tipmanee et al., 2012). The same tracers are widely used also in tsunami research onshore and in the marine environment (Chagué‐Goff et al., 2017 and references therein).…”

“…Summary of Seismo-Turbidites (STs) Units Giuliani et al, 2017;Pongpiachan & Schwarzer 2013;Tipmanee et al, 2012). The same tracers are widely used also in tsunami research onshore and in the marine environment (Chagué- Goff et al, 2017 and references therein).…”

Tsunami potential source in the eastern Sea of Marmara (NW Turkey), along the North Anatolian Fault system

“…The İzmit Bay, to the east of the study area, is in fact a narrow-elongated gulf characterized by shallow depths (< 200 m). The energy of long waves entering this basin is probably poorly dissipated; this could result in a persistent per-turbation affecting the densely populated and industrialized coast (Heller et al 2016), with associated environmental hazards (Giuliani et al 2017). Moreover, resonance effects can occur in coastal basins if the incoming waves can excite the characteristic modes of the inlet (see, for example, Bellotti et al 2012).…”

Occurrence, depth distribution and risk assessment of PAHs and PCBs in sediment cores of Lagos lagoon, Nigeria

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants of concern, and they mostly enter the aquatic environment through anthropogenic inputs and adsorb to bottom sediments (Benson et al, 2014). Sediments are known to serve as an important reservoir for organic and inorganic pollutants discharged into the aquatic environment (Benson et al, 2014;Benson and Essien, 2009;Benson et al, 2007;Denis et al, 2012;Benson et al, 2018;Sampei et al, 2019;Giuliani et al, 2017;Benson et al, 2008). Some PAHs, PCBs and heavy metals are known cancerogenic, mutagenic and toxic substances that are capable of adsorbing onto aquatic sediments (Mouton et al, 2009;Xu et al, 2014;Benson et al, 2017a,b).…”