Origin and transport of trace metals deposited in the canyons off Lisboa and adjacent slopes (Portuguese Margin) in the last century

Marine Geology

Volumn 282, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 169-177

  Costa, A M ^a   Mil Homens, M ^a   Lebreiro, S M ^a   Richter, T O ^b   de Stigter, H ^b   Boer, W ^b   Trancoso, M A ^a   Melo, Z ^a   Mouro, F ^a   Mateus, M ^a   Canario J ^c   Branco, V ^c   Caetano, M ^c  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Anthropogenic enrichments; Cascais; Hg and Pb inventories; Lisboa; Major and trace elements; Mass accumulation rates; Portuguese Margin; Set bal submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROMETRY; SUBMARINES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ENRICHMENTS; CASCAIS; LISBOA; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; PORTUGUESE MARGIN; SUBMARINE CANYON;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; GRAIN SIZE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC CARBON; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

CASCAIS; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL]; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 79955149451     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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