@article{10272/27038,
year = {2025},
month = {7},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27038},
abstract = {Estuaries are excellent containers for the prehistorical and historical pollution that develops in their river basins. This paper studies the Au contents obtained by inductively coupled plasma spectrometry of two cores extracted from the Doñana National Park (Guadalquivir Estuary, SW Spain). Concentrations of this precious metal have been associated with the different prehistoric and historical stages of exploitation of the Iberian Pyritic Belt. The three detected peaks correspond to the first mining operations in the area around the park, the first systematic Tartessian mining and strong exploitation during the Roman period. Consequently, Au is an appropriate marker of the contamination phases prior to its current extraordinary biological diversity.},
organization = {This research was supported by the project "El arco atlántico del sudoeste hispano desde la protohistoria hasta la Tardoantiguedad: Evolución geomorfológica, ocupación litoral y sistemas portuarios" (PID2022-142778NB-I00), funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain. This work was also funded by the research groups RNM-238 and RNM-293 (University of Huelva). It is a contribution to the Centre for Research in Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage of the University of Huelva.},
publisher = {MDPI},
title = {Gold as Pollution Tracer in Holocene Sediments of the Doñana National Park, the Largest Biological Reserve in Europe},
doi = {10.3390/min15080801},
author = {Romero Aguilar, Verónica and Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco and González-Regalado Montero, María Luz and Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel and Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín and Toscano Grande, Antonio and Gómez Gutiérrez, Paula and Gómez Álvarez, Gabriel},
}