Historical of anthropic activity in Bertioga Channel, Sao Paulo, Brazil: levels of metals, semi-metals and recent sedimentation in sedimentary columns

• Grant number: 09/01211-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2009
• End date: August 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Chemical Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira
• Grantee: Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira
• Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this work it is proposed a study on metals and semi-metals contamination in conjunction with recent sedimentary evolution in Bertioga Channel (SP). In the last decades, industrial discharges in Santos estuary have been a major source of water contamination by metals and semi-metals. Therefore, spatial and temporal study of sediment contamination is crucial to understand environmental impacts caused by inappropriate use of coastal areas. Firstly, a seismic survey will be carried out to determine recent sedimentary layers. Cores will be collected along the channel, will be sliced every 1 or 2 cm and chemical (metals, semi-metals, carbon, nitrogen and biodetrital carbonate) and physical analysis (magnetic susceptibility and grain size) will be performed. Samples will be dated by radiometric methods, by 210Pb (t1/2 = 22,3 y) and 137Cs (t1/2 = 30 y) determination in order to identify the layer which corresponds to the period before Baixada Santista industrialization. Sedimentation rates provided by this work will be helpful to understanding sedimentary deposition process in the investigated area. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DAMASIO, BRUNO VANDERLINDE; TIMOSZCZUK, CRISTIAN TABOADA; MI KIM, BIANCA SUNG; DE MELLO E SOUSA, SILVIA HELENA; BICEGO, MARCIA CARUSO; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. Impacts of hydrodynamics and pollutants on foraminiferal fauna distribution in the Santos Estuary (SE Brazil). JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS, v. 5, n. 1, JAN 2020. (09/01211-0, 11/50581-4, 18/10232-0)

GONCALVES, CRISTINA; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR; SARTORETTO, JULIE ROSEMBERG; SALAROLI, ALEXANDRE BARBOSA; RIBEIRO, ANDREZA PORTELLA; DE LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH. Reconstruction of historical trends in potentially toxic elements from sediment cores collected in Bertioga channel, southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, v. 61, n. 2, p. 149-160, APR-JUN 2013. (09/01211-0)

DE LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; ASP NETO, NILS EDVIN; MARTINS, CESAR DE CASTRO; FRANCA SCHETTINI, CARLOS AUGUSTO; MACIEL, PABLO MUNIZ; GARCIA-RODRIGUEZE, FELIPE; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH. Using a cesium-137 (Cs-137) sedimentary fallout record in the South Atlantic Ocean as a supporting tool for defining the Anthropocene. ANTHROPOCENE, v. 14, p. 34-45, JUN 2016. (14/08016-6, 09/01211-0, 06/04344-2, 11/50581-4)

DE LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; FRANCA SCHETTINI, CARLOS AUGUSTO; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. Statistical validation of the model of diffusion-convection (MDC) of Cs-137 for the assessment of recent sedimentation rates in coastal systems. JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, v. 303, n. 3, p. 13-pg., 2015-03-01. (12/08634-6, 11/50581-4, 09/01211-0)

DE LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; FRANCA SCHETTINI, CARLOS AUGUSTO; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. Statistical validation of the model of diffusion-convection (MDC) of Cs-137 for the assessment of recent sedimentation rates in coastal systems. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, v. 303, n. 3, p. 2059-2071, MAR 2015. (12/08634-6, 09/01211-0, 11/50581-4)

FRIEDMANN ANGELI, JOSE LOURENCO; SARTORETTO, JULIE ROSEMBERG; MI KIM, BIANCA SUNG; DE LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. Trace element fluxes during the ``Anthropocene{''} in a large South American industrial and port area (Santos and Sao Vicente estuarine system, SE, Brazil). ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, v. 193, n. 9, SEP 2021. (17/08987-0, 11/50581-4, 09/01211-0)

KIM, BIANCA SUNG MI; FRIEDMANN ANGELI, JOSE LOURENCO; LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. A multivariate approach and sediment quality index evaluation applied to Baixada Santista, Southeastern Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 143, p. 72-80, JUN 2019. (17/08987-0, 09/01211-0, 11/50581-4)

KIM, BIANCA SUNG MI; SALAROLI, ALEXANDRE BARBOSA; FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES DE LIMA; SARTORETTO, JULIE ROSEMBERG; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVICH; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. Spatial distribution and enrichment assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments from Baixada Santista, Southeastern Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 103, n. 1-2, p. 333-338, FEB 15 2016. (09/01211-0, 11/50581-4)

KIM, BIANCA SUNG MI; FRIEDMANN ANGELI, JOSE LOURENCO; LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVICH; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. Critical evaluation of different methods to calculate the Geoaccumulation Index for environmental studies: A new approach for Baixada Santista - Southeastern Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 127, p. 548-552, FEB 2018. (09/01211-0)

MI KIM, BIANCA SUNG; FRIEDMANN ANGELI, JOSE LOURENCO; DE LIMA FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES; SARTORETTO, JULIE ROSEMBERG; MIYOSHI, CAROLINA; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVICH; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. Use of a chemometric tool to establish the regional background and assess trace metal enrichment at Baixada Santista - southeastern Brazil. Chemosphere, v. 166, p. 372-379, JAN 2017. (09/01211-0, 11/50581-4)

DAMASIO, BRUNO VANDERLINDE; TIMOSZCZUK, CRISTIAN TABOADA; MI KIM, BIANCA SUNG; DE MELLO E SOUSA, SILVIA HELENA; BICEGO, MARCIA CARUSO; SIEGLE, EDUARDO; LOPES FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR. Impacts of hydrodynamics and pollutants on foraminiferal fauna distribution in the Santos Estuary (SE Brazil). JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS, v. 5, n. 1, p. 26-pg., 2020-01-27. (11/50581-4, 09/01211-0, 18/10232-0)