Browsing by Author "Costa, A. M."
Now showing 1 - 7 of 7
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- Alterações recentes nas razões isotópicas de Pb em sedimentos do Canhão Submarino de Cascais, PortugalPublication . Mil-Homens, Mário; Caetano, M.; Lebreiro, Susana; Costa, A. M.; Richter, T.; Cesário, R.; Brito, Pedro Oliveira; De Stigter, H.; Boer, Wim; Trancoso, Maria Ascensão; Mouro, F.Temporal variations in lead concentrations and stable lead isotopic ratios in two sediment cores from the Cascais Canyon shows changes in sources of Pb during the last two centuries. The increase of total Pb contents wIth the evolution of Pb ratio recorded in both cores reveals the Increase of Pb from industrial sources. Nevertheless, this increase is lower in deeper core location (252-32) due to dilution and mixing with uncontaminated marine materials. An isotopic shift towards lower Pb/Pb in the shallower core (252-35) during the 1970s may reflect the increasing number of vehicles in the Lisboa area during that time.
- A Formação de Vale do Guizo e o bordo oriental da Bacia do Baixo Tejo entre Crato e Avis : dados preliminaresPublication . Costa, A. M.; Pimentel, N. L. V.; Barbosa, Bernardo
- Influence of diagenetic processes and terrestrial/anthropogenic sources in the REE contents of the Cascais submarine canyon (Iberian western coast)Publication . Mil-Homens, Mário; Brito, Pedro Oliveira; Caetano, M.; Costa, A. M.; Lebreiro, Susana; Trancoso, Maria Ascensão; De Stigter, H.ABSTRACT: Temporal variations of rare earth elements (REE) and their fractionation patterns, major elements, Pb and Hg were determined in two multicores collected at 445 and 2100 m water depth (mwd) in the Cascais submarine canyon (CSC). The PAAS-normalized REE patterns suggest mixing of Tagus estuarine and marine sediments, marked by MREE (Nd‐Dy series) enrichment and by positive Eu-anomaly, with marine sediments. The positive Eu/Eu* implies incorporation of detrital feldspar minerals derived from the estuary. Ce/Ce*, (La/Yb)PAAS and (Nd/Yb)PAAS show differences between the two cores. Core 252-35 from the shallower site is enriched in HREE (Ho‐Lu series) over LREE (La‐Pr series), a pattern also found in the Tagus estuary in the vicinity of an abandoned chemical complex, where the environment is affected by the legacy of massive-sulfide ores processing. There seems to be only limited down-canyon sediment transport to the deeper reaches where core 252-32 was collected. This deeper site shows Ce/Ce* peaks coinciding with low (La/Yb)PAAS values suggesting preferential diagenetic remobilization of LREE relative to HREE. Upcore Pb/Al and Hg/Corg trends observed in both cores indicate dispersion of the anthropogenic component from the estuary through the CSC, which is less obvious from the ∑REE/Al trends particularly in the deeper site. This may suggest the influence of diagenetic processes in the REE signal, associated with relatively low sediment accumulation rates.
- New extractants for separation of platinium-group metals from chloride solutions and their application to recycling processesPublication . Paiva, A. P.; Carvalho, G. I.; Schneider, A. L.; Costa, M. Clara; Costa, A. M.; Assunção, A. F.; Nogueira, CarlosIn this paper some results on the application of four N,N’-tetrasubstituted malonamide derivatives for the extraction and separation of platinum-group metals (PGMs) are presented. The above mentioned extractants were specifically synthesized in order to evaluate their efficiency for the extraction of a specific metal, or group of metals, from aqueous chloride matrices. Different behaviours were obtained towards platinum(IV) and/or palladium(II) extraction, all the N,N’-tetrasubstituted malonamide derivatives allowing the mutual separation of the two metal ions, depending on the HCl concentration. Generally, extraction experiments were carried out involving initial aqueous phases containing 100 mg/L of each metal isolate, in varying 1M to 8M HCl concentration ranges, and 0.05M extractant in 1,2- dichloroethane solutions. From the preliminary results obtained, one can conclude that HCl concentrations and the structure of the malonamide derivative play a crucial role on the efficiency shown for Pt(IV) and/or Pd(II) extraction. The efficiency of the stripping stage of the loaded organic phases is variable, depending on the N,N’-tetrasubstituted malonamide derivative, as well as on the metal ion involved; for Pt(IV), distilled water and 1M HCl were generally successful, whereas for Pd(II), thiourea in HCl gave better results. The overall data already achieved suggest that these extractants may be good candidates for further evaluation in PGMs separations from real solutions resulting from recycling processes.
- Recent changes in lead isotopic signature of the Cascais Canyon (Portugal)Publication . Mil-Homens, Mário; Caetano, M.; Costa, A. M.; Lebreiro, S. M.; Stigter, H. de; Richter, T.; Cesário, R.; Brito, Pedro Oliveira; Boer, Wim; Trancoso, Maria Ascensão; Mouro, Filomena C.
- Submarine Cascais Canyon as a sediment conduit to the deep sea : comparison with adjacent slopesPublication . Costa, A. M.; Mil-Homens, Mário; Lebreiro, Susana; De Stigter, H.; Richter, T.; Boer, Wim; Trancoso, Maria Ascensão; Melo, Zenaida; Mouro, F.; Mateus, MSubmarine canyons are known to be important conduits that trap, accumulate and deliver both natural and anthropogenic sediments from the shelf to the deep sea. Ten multi-cores from the Cascais Canyon and from the neighbour slopes (off Estremadura and Sines) were dated by 21Opb methodologies and analyzed for texture, major and trace metals to evaluate the role of submarine canyons in the transport of anthropogenic metals to the abyssal plains. Higher accumulation mass rates were determined in the upper Cascais Canyon than in the lower canyon and slopes. Enrichment factors (EF) were used to evaluate the level of metal enrichment in the studied areas. EF values exceeding natural background concentrations were obtained for Pb suggesting an anthropogenic and/or diagenetic source for Pb enrichment in the Cascais Canyon, but also, to a lesser extent, in the Estremadura and Sines slopes. Studies of provenance based on the ratio of different stable Pb isotopes can help to determinethe origin of such metal in the sediments.
- Submarine Cascais Canyon as a sediment conduit to the deep sea :comparasion with adjacent slopesPublication . Costa, A. M.; Mil-Homens, Mário; Lebreiro, S. M.; Stigter, H. de; Richter, T.; Boer, Wim; Trancoso, Maria Ascensão; Melo, Zenaida; Mouro, Filomena C.; Mateus, M.