Vol. 8 No. 3 (2025)
Open Access
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ASSESSING CISANTI LAKE SEDIMENTS AS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INDICATORS IN THE UPSTREAM OF THE CITARUM RIVER

Authors

Dini Fitriani , Eleonora Agustine , Kartika Hajar Kirana , Tiara Ayu Meliani , Sinthia Anis Rofifah , Novia Chicilia , Irfan Handi Muhammad , Atiek Rostika Noviyanti , Gerald Hendrik Tamuntuan

DOI:

10.29303/ipr.v8i3.490

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Received: Mar 28, 2025
Accepted: Jul 28, 2025
Published: Aug 13, 2025

Abstract

Environmental conditions in aquatic ecosystems could change due to the entry of additional materials, such as heavy metals and magnetic minerals. These materials, referred to as anthropogenic materials, could be derived from human activities. The presence of the materials could affect the magnetic properties and heavy metals content of river water and sediments. We have analyzed magnetic susceptibility and heavy metal concentration in sediments collected from Cisanti Lake. Cisanti Lake is known as “zero kilometers†of the Citarum River. Using the level of heavy metals in sediments, we calculated and evaluated pollution indices in the form of Contamination Factor (CF), Geoaccumulation Index (Igeo), and Pollution Load Index (PLI). The results showed that the magnetic susceptibility of sediments (ðœ’ð¿ð¹) was in the range of 317.2 - 2274.9 (× 10-8) m3kg-1, inferring the dominance of ferrimagnetic minerals in sediments. Based on bivariate analysis of ðœ’ð¿ð¹ and the calculated frequency-dependent magnetic susceptibility or cFD (%), domain states of magnetic minerals are clustered at stable single domain (SSD)/multidomain (MD). Pollution indices of CF and Igeo showed that all sample points were contaminated by Cu at a considerable level.  Moderate to significant contamination occurred in the studied area according to the PLI analysis. The positive strong correlation between ðœ’ð¿ð¹ and PLI suggests that magnetic susceptibility serves as a proxy indicator of contamination. 

Keywords:

Cisanti Lake, magnetic susceptibility, heavy metals, pollution indices

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Author Biographies

Dini Fitriani, Department of Geophysics, FMIPA, Universitas Padjadjaran

Tiara Ayu Meliani, Geophysics Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Padjadjaran

Sinthia Anis Rofifah, Geophysics Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Padjadjaran

Novia Chicilia, Geophysics Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Padjadjaran

Irfan Handi Muhammad, Geophysics Study Program, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Padjadjaran

Gerald Hendrik Tamuntuan, Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Universitas Sam Ratulangi

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Fitriani, D., Agustine, E., Hajar Kirana, K., Meliani, T. A., Rofifah, S. A., Chicilia, N. ., … Tamuntuan, G. H. . (2025). ASSESSING CISANTI LAKE SEDIMENTS AS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INDICATORS IN THE UPSTREAM OF THE CITARUM RIVER. Indonesian Physical Review, 8(3), 734–744. https://doi.org/10.29303/ipr.v8i3.490