Historical trends in Hg, Pb and Zn sedimentation in the central shelf area of Portugal

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-298

  Mil Homens, M ^a,b   Branco, V ^c   Vale, C ^c   Stevens, R ^b   Boer, W ^d   Lebreiro, S ^a   Cato, I ^e   Abrantes, F ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic fluxes; Enrichment factors; Heavy metals; Marine sediments; Portuguese shelf; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; ENRICHMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LEAD; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NAZARE CANYON; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE SHELF; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 52949153252     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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