Environmental impact of unleaded gasolines in the bay of Cádiz (Spain)
| Autor: | M. Casas-Ruiz, M. Barrera, Diego Sales, F López-Aguayo, R.A. Ligero, D Garcı́a |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Geologic Sediments Time Factors Environmental engineering Sediment Oceanography Lead Spain Environmental science Environmental impact assessment Radiometric dating Gasoline Radioactive Tracers Bay Seabed lcsh:Environmental sciences Water Pollutants Chemical General Environmental Science Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environment International, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 99-104 (2004) |
| ISSN: | 0160-4120 |
| Popis: | Given the strategic situation of the José León de Carranza bridge, which spans the Bay of Cádiz (in the SW of Spain) and carries very heavy motor traffic, together with knowledge of the currents and tidal flows in the zone, we have used a technique of radioactive dating of sediments to study the temporal evolution presented by contamination from lead in the sediment column.This has allowed us to observe the environmental impact, in terms of the concentration of Pb in the sea bed sediments, that has been produced in the zone by the introduction of unleaded gasolines as substitutes for traditional automobile fuels that employ organic forms of tetra methyl lead as an antidetonant agent in the fuel. Keywords: Environmental impact, Lead pollution, Dating, Sediment column, Radionuclides, Motor traffic |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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