GEOLOGIJA 45/2, 367–372, Ljubljana 2002 doi:10.5474/geologija.2002.034 Characterization of sediments from Voglajna and Savinja rivers – preliminary results Karakterizacija sedimenata rijeka Voglajne i Savinje – preliminarni rezultati Stanislav FRAN^IŠKOVI]-BILINSKI1*, Halka BILINSKI1, Darko TIBLJAŠ2, Darko HAN@EL3 & Alenka MERTELJ3 1Department of Physical Chemistry, Ru|er Bo{kovi} Institute, POB 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia; *corresponding author, e-mail:
[email protected] 2Division of Mineralogy and Petrology, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac bb, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia 3Jo‘ef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia Key words: river sediments, Voglajna, Savinja, Slovenia, mineral composition, iron concentration, microelements, ICP-MS, Mössbauer spectroscopy Klju~ne rije~i: rje~ni sedimenti, Voglajna, Savinja, Slovenija, mineralni sastav, koncentracija ‘eljeza, mikroelementi, ICP-MS, Mössbauerova spektroskopija Abstract Preliminary mineralogical, geochemical and Mössbauer studies of six surface sediments (fraction <63 µm) from Voglajna and Savinja rivers (Slovenia) are reported for the first time. The location was chosen because of two reasons. One was possible pollution due to industry in Celje. Another was presumed high concentration of iron (later found 2.8 – 5.6 %), easily studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. XRD data showed that quartz is present in all samples. Other minerals are different in different locations. Iron can be present in Fe-chlorite and in montmorillonite, found by XRD as trace minerals. Microelements were determined by ICP-MS method. Sediment of Voglajna near Štore contain the highest concentrations of S, P, Cr, Ni, Pb, Cu, Mo, Sb, W and Hg. Sediment of Savinja at Tremerje contain the highest concentrations of Zn, Cd, Ag and Au.