Tracing anthropogenic Hg and Pb input using stable Hg and Pb isotope ratios in sediments of the central Portuguese Margin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 336, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-71

  Mil Homens, Mário ^a   Blum, Joel ^b   Canário, João ^c   Caetano, Miguel ^c   Costa, Ana M ^a   Lebreiro, Susana M ^d   Trancoso, Maria ^a   Richter, Thomas ^e   de Stigter, Henko ^e   Johnson, Marcus ^b   Branco, Vasco ^c   Cesário, Rute ^c   Mouro, Filomena ^a   Mateus, Manuela ^a   Boer, Wim ^e   Melo, Zenaida ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c IPMA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; Portuguese Margin; Stable Hg isotopes; Stable Pb isotopes; Total Hg and Pb concentrations

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ANTHROPOGENIC METALS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MASS NUMBERS; MN CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI-TRACER APPROACH; PARTICLE CARRIERS; PB CONCENTRATION; PB ISOTOPES; PORTUGUESE MARGIN; POSITIVE MASS; RADIOGENIC VALUES; SEDIMENT AGE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBMARINE CANYON; TAGUS ESTUARY;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; MANGANESE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

POLLUTION;

ACCUMULATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRAIN SIZE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MARINE SEDIMENT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION;

CASCAIS BAY; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 84871919469     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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