The thermal decomposition of Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) complexes of N-ethyl-N-phenyl and N-butyl-N-phenyl dithiocarbamates have been studied using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The products of the decomposition, at two different temperatures, were further characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy ...

RATIONALE AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Aggregate dredging is a growing source of anthropogenic disturbance in coastal UK waters and has the potential to impact marine systems through the smothering of benthic fauna with organically loaded screening discards. This study investigates the tolerance of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis to such episodic smothering events using a multi-factorial design, i...

Three-dimensional reflection seismic data from the Neves-Corvo area, southern Portugal, were reprocessed with main objective of improving signature Lombador and Semblana volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits. The sensitivity for choosing adequate parameters targeted imaging, even during pre-processing stage, such as common-depth point binning size, was studied in detail before processing work ...