Reconstruction of historical trends in potentially toxic elements from sediment cores collected in Bertioga channel, southeastern Brazil

The study presents an evaluation of potentially toxic elements deposition in Bertioga Channel (Southeastern Brazilian coast) along the last 150 years, the main anthropogenic activity period in the area. Five sediment cores by means of ICP-OES to determine the levels of metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and...

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Main Authors: Cristina Gonçalves, Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira, Juliê Rosemberg Sartoretto, Alexandre Barbosa Salaroli, Andreza Portella Ribeiro, Paulo Alves de Lima Ferreira, Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-87592013000200007&lng=en&tlng=en