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Urban activity and mercury contamination in estuarine and marine sediments (Southern Brazil)
(2009)
The distribution of mercury in sediments of the Patos Lagoon estuary and nearby coastal marine deposits has been investigated for the period 1998–2008. Polluted urban soils and coastal reclamation fills are the principal ...
Sedimentation rates by the 210Pb chronological method in Itanhaém river watershed, southeast Brazil
(2021-12-01)
The historical variation of sedimentation rate was investigated in five cores collected from the Itanhaém watershed main rivers, the second largest coastal watershed of the São Paulo state, Brazil, using the lead-210 ...
Sedimentation in the coastal reefs of Abrolhos over the last decades
(2013)
Coral reefs of the coastal area of Abrolhos are located in an environment with a high influx of terrigenous sediments that are carried out to the sea, either as a result of natural processes (river output, coastal erosion, ...
Influence of source rocks on geochemistry of sediments of the King George Island, Antarctica: evidence from trace and rare earth elements in coastal sediment cores
(Sociedade Brasileira de Geoquimica, 2005, 2014)
Mercury dispersal to arroyo and coastal sediments from abandoned copper mine operations, El Boléo, Baja California
(Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2009)
Evidence for mercury dispersal in an arid coastal region of central Baja California (Mexico) suggests that abandoned copper mining operations are a noticeable source of mercury in the environment. There is a generally ...