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Rare earth element patterns in lake sediments as studied by neutron activation analysis |
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| Authors: | S M B Oliveira F E Larizzatti D I T Fávaro S R D Moreira B P Mazzilli E L Piovano |
| Institution: | 1. Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de S?o Paulo S?o Paulo, Brazil 2. Laboratório de Análise por Ativa??o Neutr?nica - IPEN, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 2242, CEP: 05508-900, S?o Paulo, Brazil 3. Departamento de Radioprote??o Ambiental - IPEN, S?o Paulo, Brazil 4. Centro de Investigaciones Geoquímicas y de Procesos de Superficie, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Sarsfield 299, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina |
| Abstract: | Using instrumental neutron activation analysis, the vertical distribution of La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Yb and Lu was determined in 3 well dated sedimentary cores collected from Laguna Mar Chiquita, Argentina. Validation of the methodology was done using the Soil 7 (IAEA) reference material. The REE contents vary according to core location and lithological units, depending on the proportion of fluvial terrigenous components in the lake sediments. Lithologies with higher proportion of terrigenous components show higher REE concentrations, suggesting that the dominant REE carrier phase might be a detrital mineral. There is a consistent value of about 1.2 for (La/Yb)N and (LREE/HREE)N ratios for all sediments at the three sites, indicating a slight LREE enrichment in relation to the average shale NASC. Ce/Ce* values are close to 1.0, meaning that Ce behaves similarly to other light REE's. |
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