Regional geochemical baselines for sedimentary metals of the tropical São Francisco estuary, NE-Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 601-606

  Sabadini Santos, Elisamara ^a   Knoppers, Bastiaan Adriaan ^a   Padua Oliveira, Eliane ^a   Leipe, Thomas ^b   Santelli, Ricardo Erthal ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; TITANIUM; ZINC;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAM; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; FLOW REGULATION; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT CORE; SHRIMP CULTURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE METAL; TROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TECHNIQUE; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; SAO FRANCISCO ESTUARY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 63549148244     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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