The new article published in the journal Environments shows the levels and distribution of potential contaminating elements in a sediment core from the Limoncocha Lagoon, located within the Limoncocha Biological Reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The study area is a Ramsar wetland of international importance given its high ecological and socioeconomic interest.
The aim of this study is to analyze the recent sedimentation rate in the center of the Limoncocha lagoon, a Ramsar site in the Ecuadorian Amazon, using the 210Pb dating method and identifying the potentially toxic elements along a 50 cm sediment core. A strategy based on the application of three single and four integrated indices is used to evaluate trace element contamination with depth.
The publication is the result of joint work with the SEK International University in Quito (Ecuador) and the Ionizing Radiation group of the University of Cantabria, with whom the GER group has been collaborating for years.
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