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Anthropogenic influences on sedimentary geochemistry of Itapessoca Estuarine Complex, Pernambuco, Brazil

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The Itapessoca Estuarine Complex is characterized by a history of intense economic activities developed on the banks of its tributary rivers, often exercised without any control or planning. In order to relate natural and/or anthropic events to the sediment age, radiometric dating method was performed by determining excess 210Pb in the sediment using the proportional gas flow technique. To investigate possible disturbances in recent sedimentation processes in studied area, 20 surfaces sediment samples and 2 sediment cores were collected for determination of concentrations of the chemical elements. Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Si, Sr, Ti and Zn concentrations were determined by the energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) technique. Through the enrichment factors and ratios among some elements associated with geochronological data, it was possible identify geochemical changes in sedimentation of sampled points, with increase of minerals associated with fine fractions and decrease of the proportions of elements associated with coarse fractions. The radiometric dating reveals that Pb enrichment and the exacerbated increase of Ca and Sr enrichment factors are strongly related to the anthropic activity in the region.

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The English text of this paper has been revised by Sidney Pratt, Canadian, MAT (The Johns Hopkins University), RSAdip—TESL (Cambridge University).

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The Fundação Capes, Fundação Rondônia de Amparo ao Desenvolvimento das Ações Científicas e Tecnológicas e à Pesquisa (FAPERO), Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) provided financial support.

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca E Aquicultura, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Rua da Paz, 4376, 76.916-000, Presidente Médici, Porto Velho, RO, Brazil

    Paulo T. F. Albuquerque

  2. Departamento de Pesca E Aquicultura, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros, s/n, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil

    Paulo T. F. Albuquerque & Thierry Fredou

  3. Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. da Arquitetura, s/n, Recife, PE, 50740-550, Brazil

    Roberto L. Barcellos

  4. Centro Regional de Ciências Nucleares Do Nordeste, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Av. Prof. Luiz Freire 200, Recife, PE, 50740-545, Brazil

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Albuquerque, P.T.F., Fredou, T., Barcellos, R.L. et al. Anthropogenic influences on sedimentary geochemistry of Itapessoca Estuarine Complex, Pernambuco, Brazil. Environ Monit Assess 194, 43 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09699-3

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