Spatial distribution of heavy metals in surficial sediments from Guanabara Bay: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1051-1063

  Neto, José Antônio Baptista ^a,b   Gingele, Franz Xaver ^c   Leipe, Thomas ^c   Brehme, Isa ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Coastal environment; Heavy metals; Marine sediments; Normalization

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS;

BRAZIL; COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENTS; NORMALIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HEAVY METALS;

HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; GUANABARA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645303559     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0149-1     Document Type: Article

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