Water quality data from stream water in the Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, August 2017

Sandra Fischer, Carl-Magnus Mörth, Gunhild Rosqvist, Sergey R. Chalov, Vasiliy Efimov, Jerker Jarsjö

The dataset includes base chemistry, elemental concentrations, and sulfur isotopic composition (i.e., δ³⁴S-values in SO₄²⁻) from 11 stream water sampling locations.

The data was gathered to investigate potential pollution spreading in hydrological pathways from active apatite mining within the catchments, and it can be used for comparison with other mining-impacted sites in the Arctic.

The measurements were taken in the Belaya and Vuonnemiok stream systems within the Khibiny massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia) during 25⁠ – ⁠30 August 2017 and were analyzed at laboratories at Stockholm University, Sweden.

TerrestrialHydrologyWater qualityStream waterMine pollutionSulfur isotopesKhibinyKola Peninsula

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References

Fischer S, Mörth C-M, Rosqvist G, Chalov SR, Efimov V, Jarsjö J (2022) Microbial sulfate reduction (MSR) as nature-based solution (NBS) to mine drainage: Contrasting spatio-temporal conditions in northern Europe. Water Resources Research (in review)

Fischer S, Rosqvist G, Chalov SR, Jarsjö J (2020) Disproportionate Water Quality Impacts from the Century-Old Nautanen Copper Mines, Northern Sweden. Sustainability 12, 1394. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12041394

Fischer S, Jarsjö J, Rosqvist G, Mörth C-M (2022) Catchment-scale microbial sulfate reduction (MSR) of acid mine drainage (AMD) revealed by sulfur isotopes. Environmental Pollution 292, 118478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118478

Data description

The data is provided in one xlsx spreadsheet file containing the following information:

• Basin
• Sub-basin
• Sampling zone
• Sampling ID
• Name
• Latitude (WGS 1984)
• Longitude (WGS 1984)
• Water temperature (degree Celsius)
• pH
• Electrical conductivity (µS/cm)
• Alkalinity (ppm CaCO₃)
• Turbidity (NTU)
• δ³⁴S in SO₄²⁻ (‰)
• S (mg/L)
• Al (µg/L)
• Ba (µg/L)
• Cr (µg/L)
• Cu (µg/L)
• DOC (µg/L)
• Fe (µg/L)
• Mn (µg/L)
• P (µg/L)
• SO₄²⁻ (µg/L)
• Sr (µg/L)
• Ti (µg/L)
• Zn (µg/L)

Comments

The base chemistry data was measured in the field with hand-held equipment, following the methods in Fischer et al. (2020).

The concentration data represent the triplicate median value and comes from grab samples that were preserved in the field before analyzed at laboratories at the Department of Environmental Science and at the Department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University through ion chromatography (Thermo Scientific Dionex), total organic carbon analyzer (Shimadzu TOC-V CPH), and inductive couple plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES; Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series). Sampling and analysis followed the methodologies in Fischer et al. (2020).

Sulfur isotopic data was analyzed at laboratories at the Department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University through an elemental analyzer (CarloErba NC2500) coupled to a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Finnigan Thermo Delta plus) according to the methods in Fischer et al. (2022; Environmental Pollution).

Sampling locations were chosen in relation to the potential pollution sources from the active apatite mining industry, i.e.:

• Upstream: sampling locations assumed undisturbed by direct mining activities
• Mine: sampling locations within or directly downstream mining activity
• Downstream: sampling locations further downstream of mining activity

Project

This research was funded by Nordforsk Centre of Excellence for Resource Extraction and Sustainable Arctic Communities (REXSAC, project no. 76938). Fieldwork was funded by Göran Gustafsson Foundation and EU INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) Transnational Access project Baseline Conditions and Arctic Mining Impacts under Hydro-Climatic Change (BCAM). Additionally this paper has been supported by the Kazan Federal University Strategic Academic Leadership Program.

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Zenodo

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First name

Sandra

Last name or organisation

Fischer

Email address

sandra.fischer@natgeo.su.se

Address

Department of Physical Geography; Stockholm University

Postal code

SE-106 91

City

Stockholm

Country

Sweden

GCMD science keyword

Earth science > Terrestrial hydrosphere > Water quality/water chemistry > Contaminants

GCMD location

Continent > Europe > Eastern Europe > Russian Federation

Dataset language

English

Begin date

2017-08-25

End date

2017-08-30

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