Chemical patterns in sediments of ancient Theodosius Harbour (Istanbul)

Preface: Proceedings of the 14th IASWS international conference

“…Their work, based on the use of statistical methods such as the principal component analysis (PCA) and multiple linear regression analysis (MLRA) in soil and sediments, provides important messages on the ecological risk caused by potentially toxic elements (PTE) in riverine environments. The paper by Erenturk et al (2018) reports the concentration of major (Si, Al, Fe, Mg, Ca, K, Na, Mn, Ti), rare earth (Tb, Yb, Eu, Dy, Tm), and toxic elements (As, Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) dated from Neolithic Era, Early Byzantine Era, and Byzantine Era. The results, based on sediment samples taken from the ancient Theodosius Harbour (Istanbul), identified the effect of industrialization on the level of environmental pollution and provided a useful database for future investigations in this field.…”