Metal concentrations, fluxes, inventories and chronologies in sediments from Sepetiba and Ribeira Bays: A comparative study

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 4-7, 2009, Pages 123-133

  de Carvalho Gomes, Franciane ^a   Godoy, José Marcus ^b,c   Godoy, Maria Luiza D P ^b   Lara de Carvalho, Zenildo ^b   Tadeu Lopes, Ricardo ^a   Sanchez Cabeza, Joan Albert ^d   Drude de Lacerda, Luiz ^e   Cesar Wasserman, Julio ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories   (Monaco)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^f FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Heavy metals; Pb 210 dating; Ribeira Bay; Sediments; Sepetiba Bay

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONCENTRATION OF; CRUSTAL ELEMENTS; DEPTH PROFILE; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FOUR-CORE; MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; PB-210 DATING; RIBEIRA BAY; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEPETIBA BAY; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZINC;

SEDIMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CERIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD 210; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; NEODYMIUM; NICKEL; PRASEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TERBIUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAVY METAL; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MARINE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ESTUARY; METAL INDUSTRY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; METALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; RIBEIRA BAY; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SEPETIBA BAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649543776     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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