Geochronology and heavy metal flux to Guanabara bay, Rio de Janeiro state: a preliminary study
Guanabara Bay, located in Rio de Janeiro state. It is surrounded by the second most important metropolitan area of the country. Over recent decades, land disturbance and urbanization in the surrounding area has significantly increased sediment input to the bay and had a negative effect on its overal...
Main Authors: | Jose A. Baptista Neto, Tomas C.S. Peixoto, Bernard J. Smith, John J. Mcalister, Soraya M. Patchineelam, Sambasiva R. Patchineelam, Estefan M. Fonseca |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2013-10-01
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Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000401317&lng=en&tlng=en |
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