Traçadores isotópicos (Pb) e concentrações de metais em sedimentos superficiais: ferramentas na caracterização da poluição no setor oeste da baía de Sepetiba-RJ (SE do Brasil)

• Autor(a) principal: Morales, Shéron Joyce Díaz
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/13873
• topic: Pb isotopes; Metal concentrations; Pollution; Sepetiba Bay; Isótopos de Pb; Concentração de metais; Poluição; Baía de Sepetiba; CNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::OCEANOGRAFIA

This study aimed to use of trace elements contents and isotopic analysis of Pb (204Pb, 206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb) as tools to characterize the pollution of the Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro. Sampling of surface bottom sediments were carried out in three campaigns in November 2010, in the west sector of the Sepetiba Bay - RJ. The sampling grid is composed of 66 samples (BSEP 001 to BSEP 066) collected with Van Veen - bottom grab. The pre-processing of the samples occurred in the Geological Laboratory Sample Preparation, Department of Geology of the Rio de Janeiro State University. The partial digestion of sediments samples (< 0072 mm) to obtain the trace elements partial content (Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, U, Zn) and Pb isotope (leaching) was performed at the Laboratory of Analytical Geochemistry of the Geosciences Institute at UNICAMP and the reading was performed by ICP-MS. The analysis of the total concentrations of trace elements (including, Hg) and Pb isotopes (total dissolution) were performed in the laboratory Actlabs (Ontario, Canada) by ICP Varian Vista. The isotopic readings were taken only in samples with partial Pb concentrations above 0,5 µg/g, a total of 21 stations. It was found that the existence of an enrichment of trace elements in the west sector of the Sepetiba Bay. The mean total content of Ag (0,4 µg/g), Cd (0,76 µg/g), Cu (62,59 µg/g), Li (43,29 µg/g), Ni (16,65 µg/g), Pb (20,08 µg/g), Sr (389,64 µg/g) and Zn (184,82 µg/g) exceeded the recommended limits or natural values. This may reflect the anthropogenic influence in the region, mainly related to the activity of dredging and the permanence of waste ore off the mining company Inga, on the Madeira island. The distribution maps of the concentration of trace metals highlighted the presence of multiple sites of deposition along the west sector of Sepetiba Bay, with emphasis on the region between the central west of the Itacuruça Island and the mainland; Marambaia Bay and Pombeba Tip, and the west portion of Marambaia Bay. 206Pb/207Pb isotope ratios in the study area ranged from 1,163 to 1,259 for total dissolution and 1,1749 to 1,1877 for leaching technique values considered as a signature of postindustrial or sediments compared to the signature of gasoline. Still on the leaching technique, it is emphasized that the surface sediments of the west sector (206Pb/207Pb: 1,1789) from Sepetiba Bay presented a signature uniform and less radiogenic than the east sector (206Pb/207Pb: 1,2373 and 1,211) of this bay. Through the Pb isotopic signature found in this region is possible to highlight that there is minimal contribution of ocean water for this system, however, the intense internal circulation of the waters of the bay allows the homogenization of these. The use of these types of tools in environmental monitoring of the area proved to be very efficient, it is important to continue this research to assist in implementing a management plan for the site.