Chronology of the atmospheric mercury in Lagoa da Pata Basin, Upper Rio Negro region of Brazilian Amazon
Date
2001
Authors
dos Santos, G
Cordeiro, R C
Silva, E V
Turcq, B
Lacerda, L
Fifield, L Keith
Gomes, P R S
Hausladen, P.
Sifeddine, A
Albuquerque, A.
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University of Arizona
Abstract
We present prehistoric mercury accumulation rates in a dated sediment core from Lagoa da Pata, a remote lake in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, northern Amazon. The sediment samples were subdivided for mercury and radiocarbon analyses. A group of 18 samples ha
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Keywords: carbon 14; mercury; accelerator mass spectrometry; Holocene; mercury (element); paleoatmosphere; radiocarbon dating; sediment core; atmosphere; Brazil; conference paper; fire; forest; holocene; mass spectrometry; sediment; temperature; Brazil
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Radiocarbon
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