Sr-Nd ISOTOPES IN MOSSES FROM ROMAGNA (ITALY) AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE

Authors

  • Francesca Castorina IGAG-CNR, c/o Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Università “La Sapienza”, Roma
  • Umberto Masi Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/3788

Keywords:

Sr-Nd isotopes, mosses, Romagna, Sr-Nd sources, pollution

Abstract

Sr-Nd isotopes were applied for the first time to the study of several moss samples from a transect stretching through Romagna from the Apennines to the Adriatic sea coast. The isotopic data suggest that the mosses uptake Sr and Nd via atmospheric depositions from both marine carbonates and old siliceous crustal rocks. Anthropic pollution cannot be precisely evaluated because of the lack of univocal isotopic signature of the sources.

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Published

2010-04-19

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Castorina, F., & Masi, U. (2010). Sr-Nd ISOTOPES IN MOSSES FROM ROMAGNA (ITALY) AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE. EQA - International Journal of Environmental Quality, 3(3), 9–14. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2281-4485/3788

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Vol. 3 (2010)

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