Environmental impact in sediments and seawater due to discharges of Ba, 226Ra, 228Ra, V, Ni and Pb by produced water from the Bacia de Campos oil field offshore platforms

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-123

  Jerez Veguería, Sergio F ^a   Godoy, José M ^a   Miekeley, Norbert ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

226Ra; 228Ra; Barium; Heavy metals; Produced water

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036622844     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enfo.2002.0085     Document Type: Article

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