Lake sediment archive reveals a distinct response to anthropogenic Pb and Zn deposition with historical periods: Pb–Zn isotope evidence

Y Xia, Y Liu, C Liu, T Gao, R Yin, M Qi… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anthropogenic activities release large quantities of heavy metals into the atmosphere. In
China, the input of these heavy metals through local and trans-boundary atmospheric …

Spatial and temporal abilities of proxies used to detect pre-Columbian Indigenous human activity in Amazonian ecosystems

CNH McMichael, C Levis, WD Gosling… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans have been modifying ecosystems since before the Holocene began ca. 12,000
years ago, even in Neotropical regions. The Amazon was once thought to be 'pristine'and …

Landscape and climate changes in southeastern Amazonia from Quaternary records of upland lakes

JTF Guimarães, PK Sahoo, PWM e Souza-Filho… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
The upland lakes (ULs) in Carajás, southeastern Amazonia, have been extensively studied
with respect to their high-resolution structural geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy …

Distribution of potentially toxic elements in soils and sediments in Pearl River Delta, China: Natural versus anthropogenic source discrimination

J Wang, J Yuan, Q Hou, Z Yang, Y You, T Yu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although anthropogenic contamination has been regarded as the most important source of
potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in soils of large river delta plains, the extent to which …

Causes of variations of trace and rare earth elements concentration in lakes bottom sediments in the Bory Tucholskie National Park, Poland

M Sojka, A Choiński, M Ptak, M Siepak - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The objective of this study was to analyse spatial variability of the trace elements (TEs) and
rare earth elements (REEs) concentration in lake bottom sediments in Bory Tucholskie …

Regional-scale mapping for determining geochemical background values in soils of the Itacaiúnas River Basin, Brazil: The use of compositional data analysis (CoDA)

PK Sahoo, R Dall'Agnol, GN Salomão, JSF Junior… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims at providing high quality soil geochemical data at a regional scale (1 sample
per 25 km 2) to understand the source and distribution of potentially toxic elements (PTEs …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental risk assessment, spatial distribution, and abundance of heavy metals in surface sediments of Dal Lake-Kashmir, India

A Nazir, SM Hussain, M Riyaz, Z Kere, MA Zargar… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study assesses the pollution levels of Dal Lake in Kashmir, India, focusing on the
spatial distribution, abundance, and risk of heavy metals in surface sediments …

Source and background threshold values of potentially toxic elements in soils by multivariate statistics and GIS-based mapping: a high density sampling survey in the …

PK Sahoo, R Dall'Agnol, GN Salomão… - … geochemistry and health, 2020 - Springer
A high-density regional-scale soil geochemical survey comprising 727 samples (one sample
per each 5× 5 km grid) was carried out in the Parauapebas sub-basin of the Brazilian …

Exploring multi-media geochemical relationships in the southeastern Amazonian basin: A way forward to define source and background levels of potentially toxic …

PK Sahoo, JTF Guimarães, L Tyski, LS Reis… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding geochemical source-sink relationships is an important aspect for developing
background values of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in a lake basin. This approach was …

Multivariate statistical analysis and bespoke deviation network modeling for geochemical anomaly detection of rare earth elements

Z Luo, E Farahbakhsh, RD Müller, R Zuo - Applied Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs), a significant subset of critical minerals, play an indispensable
role in modern society and are regarded as “industrial vitamins,” making them crucial for …