The Amazon Gold Rush and Environmental Mercury Contamination.

Intro -- THE AMAZON GOLD RUSH ANDENVIRONMENTAL MERCURYCONTAMINATION -- THE AMAZON GOLD RUSH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY CONTAMINATION -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- THE MERCURY USE DURINGTHE AMAZON GOLD RUSH -- MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- SOME PROPERTIES OF MERCURY -- THE ION HG2 -- Mercury Halides -- MERCURY SALTS -- MERCURY MINERALS -- MERCURY DISTRIBUTION IN ROCKS -- MERCURY MOBILIZATION -- MERCURY ADSORPTION -- THE MADEIRA RIVER BASINAT RONDÔNIA STATE, BRAZIL -- LOCATION OF THE INVESTIGATED AREA -- SYNTHESIS OF THE REGIONAL GEOLOGY EVOLUTION -- GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF RONDONIASTATE AND NEIGHBORHOOD -- ADDITIONAL GEOLOGICAL INFORMATIONS -- CLIMATE -- VEGETATION -- HYDROGRAPHY -- GEOMORPHOLOGY -- MEASURING MERCURY -- MAJOR FEATURES OF THE INSTRUMENTATION -- CALIBRATION OF THE FIMS SYSTEM FROM UNIR -- MERCURY AND OTHERS PARAMETERSIN WATERS OF MADEIRA RIVER -- SAMPLING -- ANALYTICAL PROTOCOL -- RESULTS -- HYDROCHEMICAL RELATIONSHIPSIN MADEIRA RIVER -- THE USE OF THE PIPER DIAGRAMFOR CLASSIFYING THE WATERS -- THE USE OF THE GIBBS DIAGRAMFOR CLASSIFYING THE WATERS -- PH AND REDOX POTENTIAL VARIATIONS -- EH - PH DIAGRAM FOR MERCURY COMPOUNDS -- MERCURY AND OTHERS PARAMETERS IN ROCKS,SUSPENDED SOLIDS AND SEDIMENTS FROMMADEIRA RIVER -- SAMPLING -- ANALYTICAL PROTOCOL -- MERCURY IN ROCKS AND SEDIMENTS -- Chemical Analysis in Sediments -- Chemical Analysis in Suspended Solids -- X-Ray Diffraction Analysis -- Statistical Correlation Tests -- THE MOBILITY OF MERCURY AND OTHERELEMENTS IN THE MADEIRA RIVER -- THE PREFERENCE RATIO RELATIVE TO MERCURY -- THE PREFERENCE FOR HG IN MADEIRA RIVER -- THE PREFERENCE RATIOS FOR OTHERELEMENTS IN MADEIRA RIVER -- MERCURY IN LAKE SEDIMENTSFROM MADEIRA RIVER BASIN -- SAMPLING -- Analytical Protocol -- RESULTS OF THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS -- Major Significant Relationships.

THE ASSOCIATION OF MERCURY AND SELENIUM INSEDIMENTS FROM MADEIRA RIVER BASIN -- MAJOR FACTS ABOUT THE SE PRESENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL PROTOCOL -- The Importance of Weathering Processes -- THE PRESENCE OF SE(IV) AT THE MADEIRA RIVER BASIN -- THE RETENTION OF SELENIUM AND MERCURYAT THE MADEIRA RIVER BASIN -- MERCURY IN FISHESFROM MADEIRA RIVER BASIN -- SAMPLING AND ANALYTICAL PROTOCOL -- THE HG CONTENT IN SELECTED FISHES -- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HG CONCENTRATION DATA -- THE FUTURE CHALLENGES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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