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Seven representative wood species constituting Caatinger forest in north-east Brazil were chosen to analyze La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Yb, Sc, and Al by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). Soil profiles were prepared where the trees were downed. Then soil and root samples from each horizontal soil layer, as well as the upper part of the wood, ground-level bark, and the bark at 1 m above were collected. In woods, the rare earth element (REE) was found to be mainly accumulated in root, which concentration was in the same order as that of soil. In all samples, concentration of La and Ce were found to be about ten times higher than those of the other REEs. The REE accumulation became higher, in both root and soil, in the order of La, Ce, and Sm. The partition rate of La and Eu was higher from soil to root, whereas Ce tended to be concentrated from root to bark. In the case of bark, there was no tendency of specific REE accumulating from ground level to the upper part. The correlation of La concentration to the other REE was higher in root than that of corresponding soil. Roots also showed higher correlation of REE to Al and Sc than that of soil or bark.
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Nakanishi, T.M., Takahashi, J. & Yagi, H. Rare earth element, Al, and Sc partition between soil and Caatinger wood grown in north-east Brazil by instrumental neutron activation analysis. Biol Trace Elem Res 60, 163–174 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02784437
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