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Trace metal and rare earth elements in a sediment profile from the Rio Grande Reservoir, São Paulo, Brazil: determination of anthropogenic contamination, dating, and sedimentation rates

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The Rio Grande Reservoir supplies water to four counties. Two sediment cores were collected, one was sliced every 2 cm for INAA and dating determinations; the other was cut every 5 cm, for grain size and Hg, Cd, Pb, Ni, Mn and Cu determinations. Sedimentation rates and sediment ages of every layer were determined by 210Pb method. Enrichment Factor (EF) and Geoaccumulation Index (I geo) were calculated. Significant enrichment was found for Na, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb and Zn and extremely high enrichment for Hg, Cu and Cd, in upper layers. A 90 year pollution history of this reservoir was traced.

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  1. Departamento de Análises Ambientais, Companhia Ambiental do Estado de São Paulo (CETESB), Av. Professor Frederico Hermann Jr. 345, São Paulo, 05459-900, Brazil

    Robson Leocádio Franklin

  2. Laboratório de Análise por Ativação Neutrônica (LAN/CRPq), Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/CNEN - SP), Av. Professor Lineu Prestes 2242, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil

    Déborah Inês Teixeira Fávaro

  3. Laboratório de Radiometria Ambiental (LRA/GMR), Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN/CNEN - SP), Av. Professor Lineu Prestes 2242, São Paulo, 05508-000, Brazil

    Sandra Regina Damatto

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Franklin, R.L., Fávaro, D.I.T. & Damatto, S.R. Trace metal and rare earth elements in a sediment profile from the Rio Grande Reservoir, São Paulo, Brazil: determination of anthropogenic contamination, dating, and sedimentation rates. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 99–110 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4107-4

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