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A study of Guanabara Bay sedimentation rates

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Sedimentation rates in Guanabara Bay were determined by applying the210Pb CRS method to sediment cores collected at five different stations. The results showed a pronounced increase from 0.1–0.2 cm·year−1 to 1–2 cm·year−1, in sedimentation rate, over the last 40–50 years. Observed heavy metal profiles in sediment could also be explained on the basis210Pb dating and local industrial history.

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  1. Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria-Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Caixa Postal 37750, CEP 22780-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    J. M. Godoy

  2. Departamento de Química-Pontificia, Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, CEP 22453-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    J. M. Godoy, I. Moreira, M. J. Bragança, C. Wanderley & L. B. Mendes

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Godoy, J.M., Moreira, I., Bragança, M.J. et al. A study of Guanabara Bay sedimentation rates. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 227, 157–160 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02386450

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