Mudbelts of the South and Southeast Brazil: a geochemical dataset to investigate anthropogenic impacts

• Grant number: 17/08987-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2017
• End date: March 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Chemical Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira
• Grantee: Bianca Sung Mi Kim
• Host Institution: Instituto Oceanográfico (IO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/17763-2 - Mudbelts from the South and Southeast Brazil: implications about the anthropogenic influence on the marine environment, AP.TEM

Abstract

The continental shelf has great environmental and social importance. It is responsible for one third of the global primary marine production, being a significant sink of organic carbon and presenting a great potential for exploitation of mineral resources. The mudbelts are elongated mud deposits located at the continental shelf and its formation pattern reflects hydrodynamics of the regional shelf. In Brazil, these deposits are not well known and their formation and sources are still unknown. Thus, the main objective of this project is to characterize the mudbelts, verify its potential of record of hydrodynamic and anthropogenic process and generate the first inventory of trace metals and major elements for the area. Therefore, minor and major elements will be quantified by ICP-OES and geochemical parameters like TOC, NT, ´13C, ´15N, mineralogy and stable isotopes of Nd and Pb will be quantified and qualified as well. Thus, this project proposes to investigate the potential sources of sediments, infer about different oceanography process in the area, verify the influence of Prata River on sediment transport and evaluate the potential anthropogenic trapping of these deposits.

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)

ANGELI, JOSE LOURENCO FRIEDMANN; SARTORETTO, JULIE ROSEMBERG; KIM, BIANCA SUNG MI; FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES DE LIMA; BENEDETTI, BEATRIZ; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVITCH; FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR LOPES. Historical mercury contamination in a major Latin American industrial and port complex: The case of the Santos estuary, Southeastern Brazil. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 184, p. 7-pg., 2022-11-01. (11/50581-4, 17/08987-0)

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; FIGUEIRA, RUBENS CESAR LOPES; ANGELI, JOSE LOURENCO FRIEDMANN; FERREIRA, PAULO ALVES LIMA; DE MAHIQUES, MICHEL MICHAELOVICH; BICEGO, MARCIA CARUSO. Insights into leaded gasoline registered in mud depocenters derived from multivariate statistical tool: southeastern Brazilian coast. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH, v. 43, n. 1, p. 47-63, JAN 2021. (17/08987-0, 15/17763-2)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

KIM, Bianca Sung Mi. Mudbelts of the South and Southeast Brazil: a geochemical dataset to investigate anthropogenic impact. 2021. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto Oceanográfico (IO/DIDC) São Paulo.