Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo ISSN: 0100-0683
[email protected] Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo Brasil Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva, Ygor; Williams Araújo do Nascimento, Clístenes; Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva, Yuri; Miranda Biondi, Caroline; Cordeiro Atanázio Cruz Silva, Cinthia Maria Rare Earth Element Concentrations in Brazilian Benchmark Soils Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, vol. 40, 2016, pp. 1-13 Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo Viçosa, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=180249980096 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Rev Bras Cienc Solo 2016;40:e0150413 Article Division – Soil Use and Management | Commission – Soil Pollution, Remediation and Reclamation of Degraded Areas Rare Earth Element Concentrations in Brazilian Benchmark Soils Ygor Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva(1), Clístenes Williams Araújo do Nascimento(1), Yuri Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva(2), Caroline Miranda Biondi(1) and Cinthia Maria Cordeiro Atanázio Cruz Silva(1) (1) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Agronomia, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil. (2) Universidade Federal do Piaui, Departamento de Ciência do Solo, Bom Jesus, Piaui, Brasil. ABSTRACT: Studies regarding background concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs) are scarce and have mainly focused on a limited number of soil types from the northern hemisphere. The aim of this study was to determine REE concentrations in thirty-five benchmark soils of Brazil. Composite soil samples were taken from areas under native vegetation or with minimal anthropogenic influence.