Cyclic influences on the heavy metal chronology in a Central Mediterranean area (Palermo Gulf, Italy)

• Published in: Journal of Soils and Sediments
• Main Authors: BASILE, Salvatore, BRAI, Maria, RIZZO, Salvatore, SPANO', Marco, TRANCHINA, Luigi
• Other Authors: Basile, S, Brai, M, Rizzo, S, Spanò, M, Tranchina, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2011
• Subjects: Heavy metals emission; Heavy metals trend; Marine environment; Mediterranean area; Time-series analysis; Palermo; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/53856; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-010-0314-3

PurposeThe evaluation of long-term heavy metal concentrations in the Gulf of Palermo (Italy) has been carried out in order to investigate how changes of pollution levels in the last 50 years can be reflected in marine sediments. Measurements of Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, and Zn concentrations were performed on...