Increase in mercury contamination recorded in lacustrine sediments following deforestation in the central Amazon

Chemical Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 243-266

  Roulet, M ^a   Lucotte, M ^a   Canuel, R ^a   Farella, N ^a   Courcelles, M ^a   Guimaraes J R D ^b   Mergler, D ^a   Amorim, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Deforestation; Erosion; Mercury; Normalization; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

EID: 0034709052     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00172-2     Document Type: Article

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