Mercury flux to estuarine sediments, derived from Pb-210 and Cs-137 geochronologies (Guaratuba Bay, Brazil)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1085-1089

  Sanders, Christian J ^a   Santos, Isaac R ^b   Silva Filho, Emmanoel V ^a   Patchineelam, Sambasiva R ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Cs 137; Estuary; Hg; Pb 210

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC ENRICHMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL);

SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; MERCURY;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC MATTER; POINT SOURCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFACE LAYER; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

BRAZIL; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MERCURY;

AGRICULTURE; ORGANIC MATTER;

BRAZIL; GUARATUBA BAY; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748934078     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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