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Environmental Geochemistry in the Tropics

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  • © 1998

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  1. Julio C. Wasserman
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  2. Emmanuel V. Silva-Filho
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 72)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Trends in environmental geochemistry in tropical countries

    • Egbert K. Duursma
    Pages 1-5

  3. Paleoclimate studies in Brazil using carbon isotopes in soils

    • Luiz C. R. Pessenda, E. P. E. Valencia, R. Aravena, E. C. C. Telles, R. Boulet
    Pages 7-16

  4. Soil-to-plant transfer of 137Cs related to its geochemical partitioning in Oxisols of tropical areas

    • Maria Angélica M. Wasserman
    Pages 17-28

  5. Speciation, reactivity and mobility of toxic elements in soil systems

    • Ricardo Melamed
    Pages 29-48

  6. Key role of flow velocity and pH in the lixiviation of mineral-forming elements

    • José Luis Mogollón
    Pages 49-61

  7. Spatial distribution and seasonal patterns of aquatic emergent plants in Southeast Brazil: Development of a tool for mass balances

    • Aguinaldo Nepomuceno Marques Jr., Ibra Touré
    Pages 63-73

  8. Instrumental multi-element analysis in plant materials: A modern method in environmental chemistry and tropical systems research

    • Bernd Markert
    Pages 75-95

  9. Chemistry and distribution of trace elements in the Patos lagoon, South Brazil

    • Paulo Roberto Baisch, Julio Cesar Wasserman
    Pages 97-126

  10. Mass balance estimation of natural and anthropogenic heavy metal fluxes in streams near the camaquã copper mines, Rio Grande do sul, Brazil

    • Luciano Laybauer, Edison D. Bidone
    Pages 127-137

  11. A model for geochemical partitioning of heavy metals in the mar del Plata coastal ecosystem, Argentina

    • Jorge E. Marcovecchio, Laura D. Ferrer, Alberto O. Barral, Marcelo O. Scagliola, Adán E. Pucci
    Pages 139-148

  12. Mangrove swamps of the Subaé and Paraguaçú tributary rivers of Todos os Santos Bay, Bahia, Brazil

    • J. F. Paredes, A. F. S. Queiroz, I. G. Carvalho, M. A. S. B. Ramos, A. L. F. Santos, C. Mosser
    Pages 149-156

  13. Metal scavenging and cycling in a tropical coastal region

    • Christovam Barcellos, Luiz Drude de Lacerda, Sergio Ceradini
    Pages 157-169

  14. Mercury behaviour in sediments from a sub-tropical coastal environment in SE Brazil

    • Paulo Rubens G. Barrocas, Julio Cesar Wasserman
    Pages 171-184

  15. Diagnosis of environmental problems related to vein gold mining in Colombia

    • Gloria R. Prieto, Myriam L. Gonzalez
    Pages 185-191

  16. Assessment of the heavy metal pollution in a gold “garimpo”

    • Saulo Rodrigues-Filho, John Edmund L. Maddock
    Pages 193-209

  17. Mercury partitioning within alluvial sediments of the Carson river valley, Nevada: Implications for sampling strategies in tropical environments

    • Jerry R. Miller, Paul J. Lechler
    Pages 211-233

  18. Hydrogeochemical description of groundwaters from a coastal region of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

    • Emmanoel V. da Silva-Filho, Décio Tubbs, John E. L. Maddock
    Pages 235-246

  19. Long term atmospheric aerosol characterization in the Amazon Basin

    • Paulo Artaxo, Fábio Gerab, Marcia A. Yamasoe
    Pages 247-272

  20. Are tropical estuaries environmental sinks or sources?

    • Egbert K. Duursma
    Pages 273-294
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Held in 1993 in Niterói, Brazil, the first International Conference on Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical Countries established a starting point for this book. The book opens with a discussion of the points that arose during the closing session, summarised by Dr. E.K. Duursma: The Environment in the Tropics Remains Unknown. Most of the processes that occur in temperate environments turn out to be completely different in the tropics. This can already be seen in Chapter 3, where estimates of radionuclide transfer factors reach values considerably greater than in temperate areas. The utilisation of variables measured in temperate environments for modelling of the tropics can result in completely erroneous conclusions and, worse, inefficient remediation solutions.

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