210Pb-derived chronology in sediment cores evidencing the anthropogenic occupation history at Corumbataí River basin, Brazil

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 595-611

  Bonotto, D M ^a   De Lima, J L N ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chemical elements; Corumbata River basin; Lead 210; Sediment cores

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROLOGY; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; POTABLE WATER; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SEDIMENTATION; SILICA;

BRAZIL; CORUMBATAÍ; LEAD-210; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT CORES;

SEDIMENTS;

CORE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT;

BRAZIL; CORUMBATAI BASIN; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745512796     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0235-z     Document Type: Article

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