210Pb and composition data of near-surface sediments and interstitial waters evidencing anthropogenic inputs in Amazon River mouth, Macapá, Brazil

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-362

  Nery, José Reinaldo Cardoso ^a   Bonotto, Daniel Marcos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

210Pb chronological method; Amazon River mouth; Anthropogenic influences; Physical weathering; Sedimentation rates

Indexed keywords

210PB-CHRONOLOGICAL METHOD; AMAZON RIVER MOUTH; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES; PHYSICAL WEATHERING; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SODIUM; SOIL MECHANICS; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCIUM OXIDE; IRON OXIDE; LEAD 210; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM PEROXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; COMMERCIALIZATION; GEOACCUMULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINING; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MINING; OXIDES; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RIVERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WEATHER;

AMAPA; AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL; MACAPA; SERRA DO NAVIO;

EID: 79952735623     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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