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The contents and isotopic composition of lead (Pb) were studied in a small forested catchment Lesní potok. The catchment is located 30 km southeast from Prague near Jevany. Monitoring inputs and outputs in GEOMON, a network of small forested catchments in the territory of the Czech Republic, has been coordinated by the Czech Geological Survey since 1994. It was analyzed litter of spruce and beech, collected between 2013 and 2014, and an archival sample litter of spruce from 1997. Lead in soil was studied at two profiles cambisols in each diagnostic horizons. Samples of profile LP 38 were collected in 2005, the LP 39 a year later. Surface water and bulk precipitation were sampled monthly for one hydrological year 2013. The ICP-MS method was used to determine the concentration and isotope ratios of lead. To determine of sources Pb were used isotope ratios 206 Pb/207 Pb and 208 Pb/206 Pb. In spruce litter (3,87 mg.kg-1 ) was measured average Pb concentration higher than beech (0,98 mg.kg-1 ). Topsoil horizons contain elevated concentrations of Pb (up to 100,70 mg.kg-1 ) decreasing towards the deeper horizons. The Pb concentration in the soil was 61,28 mg.kg-1 . Bulk precipitation in with average Pb concentrations206 Pb/207 Pb = 0.87 µg.l-1 contained more Pb than surface water 206 Pb/207 Pb = 0.50 µg.l-1 ....

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este estudo teve como objetivo principal utilizar os teores de elementos-traço e análise isotópica de Pb (204Pb,206Pb,207Pb,208Pb) como ferramentas na caracterização da poluição da Baía de Sepetiba-RJ. As coletas de sedimento superficiais de fundo foram realizadas em três campanhas, em novembro de 2010, no setor oeste da Baía de Sepetiba RJ. A malha amostral é composta por 66 amostras (BSEP 001 a BSEP 066) coletadas com busca-fundo Van Veen. O pré-processamento das amostras ocorreu no Laboratório Geológico de Preparação de Amostras do Departamento de Geologia da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. A digestão parcial das amostras de sedimento (< 0.072 mm) para obtenção do teor parcial dos elementos-traço (Ag, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, U, Zn) e de isótopo de Pb (lixiviação) foi executada no Laboratório de Geoquímica Analítica do Instituto de Geociências da UNICAMP e a leitura foi executada através do ICP-MS. Já as análises das concentrações totais dos elementos-traço (inclusive, Hg) e de isótopos de Pb (dissolução total) foram realizadas no laboratório ACTLABS (Ontário-Canadá) através do ICP Varian Vista. As leituras isotópicas foram feitas somente nas amostras que apresentaram concentrações parciais de Pb, acima de 0,5 g/g, totalizando 21 estações. Pôde-se constatar a existência de um enriquecimento de elementos-traço no setor oeste da Baía de Sepetiba. As médias dos teores totais de Ag (0,4 g/g), Cd (0,76 g/g), Cu (62,59 g/g), Li (43,29 g/g), Ni (16,65 g/g), Pb (20,08 g/g), Sr (389,64 g/g) e Zn (184,82 g/g) excederam os limites recomendados ou valores naturais. Isto pode ser reflexo da influência antrópica na região, principalmente relacionada à atividade de dragagem e à permanência dos resíduos de minério da desativada companhia de minério Ingá, na Ilha da Madeira. Os mapas de distribuição da concentração dos metais-traço destacaram a presença de vários sítios de deposição ao longo do setor oeste da baía de Sepetiba, com destaque para a região entre a porção centro oeste da Ilha de Itacuruça e o continente; Saco da Marambaia e Ponta da Pombeba; e porção oeste da Ponta da Marambaia. As razões isotópicas 206Pb/207Pb da área estudada variaram entre 1,163 a 1,259 para dissolução total e 1,1749-1,1877 para técnica de lixiviação, valores considerados como assinaturas de sedimentos pós-industriais ou comparados à assinatura de gasolina. Ainda sobre a técnica de lixiviação, destaca-se que os sedimentos superficiais do setor oeste (206Pb/207Pb: 1,1789) da baía de Sepetiba apresentaram uma assinatura uniforme e menos radiogênica do que setor leste (206Pb/207Pb: 1,2373 e 1,2110) desta baía. Através da assinatura isotópica de Pb encontrada nesta região é possível destacar a pouca contribuição das águas oceânicas para esse sistema, entretanto, a circulação interna intensa das águas da baía permite a homogeneização destas. O emprego destes tipos de ferramentas no monitoramento ambiental da área mostrou-se bastante eficiente, sendo importante a continuidade desta abordagem de pesquisa a fim de auxiliar na implementação de um plano de manejo local. / This study aimed to use of trace elements contents and isotopic analysis of Pb (204Pb, 206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb) as tools to characterize the pollution of the Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro. Sampling of surface bottom sediments were carried out in three campaigns in November 2010, in the west sector of the Sepetiba Bay - RJ. The sampling grid is composed of 66 samples (BSEP 001 to BSEP 066) collected with Van Veen - bottom grab. The pre-processing of the samples occurred in the Geological Laboratory Sample Preparation, Department of Geology of the Rio de Janeiro State University. The partial digestion of sediments samples (< 0072 mm) to obtain the trace elements partial content (Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, U, Zn) and Pb isotope (leaching) was performed at the Laboratory of Analytical Geochemistry of the Geosciences Institute at UNICAMP and the reading was performed by ICP-MS. The analysis of the total concentrations of trace elements (including, Hg) and Pb isotopes (total dissolution) were performed in the laboratory Actlabs (Ontario, Canada) by ICP Varian Vista. The isotopic readings were taken only in samples with partial Pb concentrations above 0,5 g/g, a total of 21 stations. It was found that the existence of an enrichment of trace elements in the west sector of the Sepetiba Bay. The mean total content of Ag (0,4 g/g), Cd (0,76 g/g), Cu (62,59 g/g), Li (43,29 g/g), Ni (16,65 g/g), Pb (20,08 g/g), Sr (389,64 g/g) and Zn (184,82 g/g) exceeded the recommended limits or natural values. This may reflect the anthropogenic influence in the region, mainly related to the activity of dredging and the permanence of waste ore off the mining company Inga, on the Madeira island. The distribution maps of the concentration of trace metals highlighted the presence of multiple sites of deposition along the west sector of Sepetiba Bay, with emphasis on the region between the central west of the Itacuruça Island and the mainland; Marambaia Bay and Pombeba Tip, and the west portion of Marambaia Bay. 206Pb/207Pb isotope ratios in the study area ranged from 1,163 to 1,259 for total dissolution and 1,1749 to 1,1877 for leaching technique values considered as a signature of postindustrial or sediments compared to the signature of gasoline. Still on the leaching technique, it is emphasized that the surface sediments of the west sector (206Pb/207Pb: 1,1789) from Sepetiba Bay presented a signature uniform and less radiogenic than the east sector (206Pb/207Pb: 1,2373 and 1,211) of this bay. Through the Pb isotopic signature found in this region is possible to highlight that there is minimal contribution of ocean water for this system, however, the intense internal circulation of the waters of the bay allows the homogenization of these. The use of these types of tools in environmental monitoring of the area proved to be very efficient, it is important to continue this research to assist in implementing a management plan for the site.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Este estudo teve como objetivo principal utilizar os teores de elementos-traço e análise isotópica de Pb (204Pb,206Pb,207Pb,208Pb) como ferramentas na caracterização da poluição da Baía de Sepetiba-RJ. As coletas de sedimento superficiais de fundo foram realizadas em três campanhas, em novembro de 2010, no setor oeste da Baía de Sepetiba RJ. A malha amostral é composta por 66 amostras (BSEP 001 a BSEP 066) coletadas com busca-fundo Van Veen. O pré-processamento das amostras ocorreu no Laboratório Geológico de Preparação de Amostras do Departamento de Geologia da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. A digestão parcial das amostras de sedimento (< 0.072 mm) para obtenção do teor parcial dos elementos-traço (Ag, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, U, Zn) e de isótopo de Pb (lixiviação) foi executada no Laboratório de Geoquímica Analítica do Instituto de Geociências da UNICAMP e a leitura foi executada através do ICP-MS. Já as análises das concentrações totais dos elementos-traço (inclusive, Hg) e de isótopos de Pb (dissolução total) foram realizadas no laboratório ACTLABS (Ontário-Canadá) através do ICP Varian Vista. As leituras isotópicas foram feitas somente nas amostras que apresentaram concentrações parciais de Pb, acima de 0,5 g/g, totalizando 21 estações. Pôde-se constatar a existência de um enriquecimento de elementos-traço no setor oeste da Baía de Sepetiba. As médias dos teores totais de Ag (0,4 g/g), Cd (0,76 g/g), Cu (62,59 g/g), Li (43,29 g/g), Ni (16,65 g/g), Pb (20,08 g/g), Sr (389,64 g/g) e Zn (184,82 g/g) excederam os limites recomendados ou valores naturais. Isto pode ser reflexo da influência antrópica na região, principalmente relacionada à atividade de dragagem e à permanência dos resíduos de minério da desativada companhia de minério Ingá, na Ilha da Madeira. Os mapas de distribuição da concentração dos metais-traço destacaram a presença de vários sítios de deposição ao longo do setor oeste da baía de Sepetiba, com destaque para a região entre a porção centro oeste da Ilha de Itacuruça e o continente; Saco da Marambaia e Ponta da Pombeba; e porção oeste da Ponta da Marambaia. As razões isotópicas 206Pb/207Pb da área estudada variaram entre 1,163 a 1,259 para dissolução total e 1,1749-1,1877 para técnica de lixiviação, valores considerados como assinaturas de sedimentos pós-industriais ou comparados à assinatura de gasolina. Ainda sobre a técnica de lixiviação, destaca-se que os sedimentos superficiais do setor oeste (206Pb/207Pb: 1,1789) da baía de Sepetiba apresentaram uma assinatura uniforme e menos radiogênica do que setor leste (206Pb/207Pb: 1,2373 e 1,2110) desta baía. Através da assinatura isotópica de Pb encontrada nesta região é possível destacar a pouca contribuição das águas oceânicas para esse sistema, entretanto, a circulação interna intensa das águas da baía permite a homogeneização destas. O emprego destes tipos de ferramentas no monitoramento ambiental da área mostrou-se bastante eficiente, sendo importante a continuidade desta abordagem de pesquisa a fim de auxiliar na implementação de um plano de manejo local. / This study aimed to use of trace elements contents and isotopic analysis of Pb (204Pb, 206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb) as tools to characterize the pollution of the Sepetiba Bay, Rio de Janeiro. Sampling of surface bottom sediments were carried out in three campaigns in November 2010, in the west sector of the Sepetiba Bay - RJ. The sampling grid is composed of 66 samples (BSEP 001 to BSEP 066) collected with Van Veen - bottom grab. The pre-processing of the samples occurred in the Geological Laboratory Sample Preparation, Department of Geology of the Rio de Janeiro State University. The partial digestion of sediments samples (< 0072 mm) to obtain the trace elements partial content (Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, U, Zn) and Pb isotope (leaching) was performed at the Laboratory of Analytical Geochemistry of the Geosciences Institute at UNICAMP and the reading was performed by ICP-MS. The analysis of the total concentrations of trace elements (including, Hg) and Pb isotopes (total dissolution) were performed in the laboratory Actlabs (Ontario, Canada) by ICP Varian Vista. The isotopic readings were taken only in samples with partial Pb concentrations above 0,5 g/g, a total of 21 stations. It was found that the existence of an enrichment of trace elements in the west sector of the Sepetiba Bay. The mean total content of Ag (0,4 g/g), Cd (0,76 g/g), Cu (62,59 g/g), Li (43,29 g/g), Ni (16,65 g/g), Pb (20,08 g/g), Sr (389,64 g/g) and Zn (184,82 g/g) exceeded the recommended limits or natural values. This may reflect the anthropogenic influence in the region, mainly related to the activity of dredging and the permanence of waste ore off the mining company Inga, on the Madeira island. The distribution maps of the concentration of trace metals highlighted the presence of multiple sites of deposition along the west sector of Sepetiba Bay, with emphasis on the region between the central west of the Itacuruça Island and the mainland; Marambaia Bay and Pombeba Tip, and the west portion of Marambaia Bay. 206Pb/207Pb isotope ratios in the study area ranged from 1,163 to 1,259 for total dissolution and 1,1749 to 1,1877 for leaching technique values considered as a signature of postindustrial or sediments compared to the signature of gasoline. Still on the leaching technique, it is emphasized that the surface sediments of the west sector (206Pb/207Pb: 1,1789) from Sepetiba Bay presented a signature uniform and less radiogenic than the east sector (206Pb/207Pb: 1,2373 and 1,211) of this bay. Through the Pb isotopic signature found in this region is possible to highlight that there is minimal contribution of ocean water for this system, however, the intense internal circulation of the waters of the bay allows the homogenization of these. The use of these types of tools in environmental monitoring of the area proved to be very efficient, it is important to continue this research to assist in implementing a management plan for the site.

River systems are the most widespread sedimentary environment in many European countries and can be hence used for study of historical development of contamination and for evaluation of the anthropogenic impact influence at the local or regional level. The study of river sediments, however, is complicated by changes of channel morphology and sedimentation dynamics and redeposition of old sediments, whether caused naturally (flood events) or by human impact (land use changes or building of water management structures), which leads to deposition of various sedimentary facies. Identification of sedimentary facies within floodplain fill is hence necessary - character (lithology) of deposited facies influences the spatial distribution of pollutants within floodplains. Suitable sampling sites strategy and chemostratigraphic correlations of depth profiles guarantee a correct interpretation of obtained data. However, in many countries, there are still no legislative tools or universal methodology for contamination assessment respecting natural variability of sedimentary records. Regional contamination during the last centuries and identification of local pollution sources of risk elements (Pb , Zn , Cu , ...) and magnetic particles have been studied in the sediments of the Morava River, in the area between...

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A Baia de Sepetiba é uma laguna costeira separada do oceano por uma ilha barreira. Localiza-se a 60 km da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, em uma importante região geoeconômica do Brasil. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a distribuição espacial da contaminação dos metais Cu, Pb, V, Cr, Cd, Co, Ni e Zn nos sedimentos da Baia. O mapa das concentrações elaborado pelo método de lixiviação permitiu caracterizar anomalias ao entorno da foz do Rio Guandu, na área da Coroa Grande, do Porto de Itaguaí, da Ilha do Martins, e anomalias ao longo de faixa com direção NW-SE. Os resultados das concentrações totais indicam contaminação por Zn, Cd, próximo a Ilha da Madeira com Pb e Cr associados e Cu e Zn na Restinga de Marambaia, com Ni, Pb e Cr associados. Os resultados dos isótopos de Pb para as razões de 206Pb/207Pb entre 1,23 e 1,27 representam os resíduos industriais e ocorrem em duas áreas: na parte leste da Restinga e entre as Ilhas de Jaguanum e Itacuruçá. A leste/sudeste destas ilhas foi reportada uma razão ainda mais alta (1.30), ainda não identificável na literatura. As correntes marinhas desempenham a redistribuição dos sedimentos e metais associados na Baia, com transporte de oeste para leste da pluma sedimentar descarregada pelos rios. Os principais causadores da poluição da Baia de Sepetiba são uma pilha de rejeito de Zn abandonada, resíduos industriais e domésticos não tratados de forma eficaz, poluentes atmosféricos de siderúrgicas e veículos, e por ventura resíduos de atividades navais e militares. / The Sepetiba Bay is a coastal lagoon separated from the ocean by beach barrier, situated in the most important economic region in Brazil. The aim of this study was to constrain the Cu, Pb, V, Cr, Cd, Co, Ni and Zn metals concentrations in the sediments of the bay. The maps of concentrations elaborated by lixiviation method showed anomalous sites near Guandu River, Coroa Grande area, Itaguaí Harbour, Martins Island, and anomalous concentrations with NW-SE trend. The results of total digestion revealed contamination by Zn and Cd near Madeira Island associated with Pb and Cr. Anomalous Cu and Zn concentrations observed in Marambaia mangroove is associated with Ni, Pb and Cr. The Pb isotopes yielded results (206Pb/207Pb ratio) betwen 1,23 and 1,27 correlated to industrial garbage and ocurred at two areas: on the east side of mangroove and between Jaguanum and Itacuruçá Islands. were a Higher 206Pb/207Pb isotope value is observed At E/SE from these Islands (1.30), signatures not identified yet in the literature. The marine currents transport the sediments and metals associated at the bay with redistribution from west to east defining a sedimentary plume discharged at rivers mouths. The main responsible by the pollution of Sepetiba Bay are an abandoned Zn ore melt, industrial and domestic waste, atmospheric polutents from metal smelter and autovehicles, and some naval and military activities.

The 1.85 Ga Flin Flon paleosol located in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada, is studied with the purpose of determining the timing and geochemical trend of uranium migration. Radiometric minimum ages of sediments and paleosols indicates the presence of a post-depositional event, these ages are bracketed by the Trans-Hudson orogeny event (2155–1750 Ma) which resulted in the alteration of κ(Th/U) and µ(U/Pb) ratios by exposing volcanics to the atmosphere and instigating the mobilization of U. The profile shows that the Missi sediments lost Uby 84% average relative to corrected average upper crust value. The upper paleosol gained U by 11% and the lower paleosol lost U by 17%, relative to least weathered parent volcanics. Upward addition of U within the paleosol is associated with metasomatism. Potential mineralization of uranium occurs downgradient of the Missi and paleosol contact.

The redox-sensitive geochemical behavior of uranium permits the use of Th/U ratios as a geochemical proxy for the oxidation state of the atmosphere and oceans during sedimentary processes. Due to the effects of post-depositional uranium mobility on Th/U ratios during events involving oxygenated fluids, direct measurements of Th/U ratios are often misleading, but the whole rock Pb isotope composition may be used to determine a sample¡¦s apparent time-integrated Th/U ratio (ƒÛa) and the timing associated with the onset of the U-Th-Pb geochemistry. Rare earth element (REE) concentrations were determined by isotope dilution mass spectrometry to evaluate the influence of multiple provenance components and potential mobility of Th, U, and Pb during post-depositional processes on the Th/U ratio. The Pb isotope compositions and REE concentrations were determined for six Paleoproterozoic sedimentary sequences, which were the focus of previous studies involving the timing of the rise of atmospheric oxygen. The Mount McRae Shale, Huronian Supergroup, and Zaonezhskaya Formation have been interpreted as experiencing post-depositional alteration (perhaps associated with orogenic events) due to Pb-Pb ages that are younger than the likely depositional age and observed fractionation of REE in chondrite normalized REE patterns and interelement REE ratios (e.g. La/Nd, La/Yb, Eu/Eu*). Similar geochemical proxies have been interpreted as sedimentary geochemical features of the Timeball Hill Formation, Hotazel Formation, and Sengoma Argillite Formation. This study of Paleoproterozoic sedimentary units constrains the onset of U-Th decoupling, most likely due to the onset of oxidative weathering conditions, began by 2.32 Ga, the latest.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A Baia de Sepetiba é uma laguna costeira separada do oceano por uma ilha barreira. Localiza-se a 60 km da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, em uma importante região geoeconômica do Brasil. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a distribuição espacial da contaminação dos metais Cu, Pb, V, Cr, Cd, Co, Ni e Zn nos sedimentos da Baia. O mapa das concentrações elaborado pelo método de lixiviação permitiu caracterizar anomalias ao entorno da foz do Rio Guandu, na área da Coroa Grande, do Porto de Itaguaí, da Ilha do Martins, e anomalias ao longo de faixa com direção NW-SE. Os resultados das concentrações totais indicam contaminação por Zn, Cd, próximo a Ilha da Madeira com Pb e Cr associados e Cu e Zn na Restinga de Marambaia, com Ni, Pb e Cr associados. Os resultados dos isótopos de Pb para as razões de 206Pb/207Pb entre 1,23 e 1,27 representam os resíduos industriais e ocorrem em duas áreas: na parte leste da Restinga e entre as Ilhas de Jaguanum e Itacuruçá. A leste/sudeste destas ilhas foi reportada uma razão ainda mais alta (1.30), ainda não identificável na literatura. As correntes marinhas desempenham a redistribuição dos sedimentos e metais associados na Baia, com transporte de oeste para leste da pluma sedimentar descarregada pelos rios. Os principais causadores da poluição da Baia de Sepetiba são uma pilha de rejeito de Zn abandonada, resíduos industriais e domésticos não tratados de forma eficaz, poluentes atmosféricos de siderúrgicas e veículos, e por ventura resíduos de atividades navais e militares. / The Sepetiba Bay is a coastal lagoon separated from the ocean by beach barrier, situated in the most important economic region in Brazil. The aim of this study was to constrain the Cu, Pb, V, Cr, Cd, Co, Ni and Zn metals concentrations in the sediments of the bay. The maps of concentrations elaborated by lixiviation method showed anomalous sites near Guandu River, Coroa Grande area, Itaguaí Harbour, Martins Island, and anomalous concentrations with NW-SE trend. The results of total digestion revealed contamination by Zn and Cd near Madeira Island associated with Pb and Cr. Anomalous Cu and Zn concentrations observed in Marambaia mangroove is associated with Ni, Pb and Cr. The Pb isotopes yielded results (206Pb/207Pb ratio) betwen 1,23 and 1,27 correlated to industrial garbage and ocurred at two areas: on the east side of mangroove and between Jaguanum and Itacuruçá Islands. were a Higher 206Pb/207Pb isotope value is observed At E/SE from these Islands (1.30), signatures not identified yet in the literature. The marine currents transport the sediments and metals associated at the bay with redistribution from west to east defining a sedimentary plume discharged at rivers mouths. The main responsible by the pollution of Sepetiba Bay are an abandoned Zn ore melt, industrial and domestic waste, atmospheric polutents from metal smelter and autovehicles, and some naval and military activities.

The exposed metamorphic core complexes in the Cyclades continental back-arc of southeast Greece host a range of base and precious metal deposits. Shallow crustal mineral deposits that formed since the late Miocene to active seafloor hydrothermal systems occur in the footwall and hanging wall of the major detachment systems and within all tectono-stratigraphic units. The carbonate-replacement, vein-type, intermediate-sulfidation epithermal, and skarn deposits tapped different sources of metals and fluids along the major low-angle detachment systems and steep normal faults. This study links the regional metallogenic diversity to fluid and crustal sources, within a framework of the evolving geodynamic context and complex basement structure. Over 30 mineral occurrences, from Lavrion of Attica on the Greek mainland across the Cycladic archipelago to Milos and Santorini on the active South Aegean volcanic arc, were investigated, encompassing ~40,000 km2 of the arc- to backarc system. Petrographic observations are combined with mineralogical, geochemical, and isotopic analyses (Pb, Sr, δ34S and δ18O) of galena (PbS) and ore-associated hydrothermal barite (BaSO4). New galena Pb isotope data complemented by Pb isotope data of galena from the literature exhibit a range of isotopic ratios, with a resolvable geologic pattern. Galena from deposits in the north-central Cyclades has low 206Pb/204Pb ≤18.84, while galena from the west Cyclades has higher 206Pb/204Pb ≥18.84. This distinct regional pattern is further supported by the Sr isotope signature of hydrothermal barite, with 87Sr/86Sr ≥0.711 in the north-central Cyclades and 87Sr/86Sr  ≤0.711 in the west Cyclades. When considered together with compiled Pb and Sr isotope data of potential source rocks, large-scale regional patterns in the isotopic signatures are recognized, suggesting two distinct sources of lead and strontium in the underlying basement of the core complexes. These two sources (Lower Cycladic Blueschist Nappe and Upper Cycladic Blueschist Nappe including the Cycladic Basement) correspond to known tectono-stratigraphic units of different provenance and age and help to correlate the basement over considerable distances, even where exposures are limited. Sulfur and oxygen isotope data of barite indicate variable contributions of sulfur from seawater and magmatic fluids among the range of deposit types. This indicates that different fluid generations evolved and tapped the basement, likely along the major detachment faults. The δ34S values of barite indicate that mineral deposits in the Cyclades can be clearly distinguished. Compiled whole-rock isotopic and geochemical data of the basement lithologies exhibit a broad dispersion. Miocene to recent mineralization in the Cyclades caused homogenization of the crustal sources and indicate regional lithological differences in the architecture of the exposed metamorphic core complexes. This thesis demonstrates that regional studies of the geochemical and isotopic composition of mineral deposits can provide additional constraints for the paleogeographic reconstruction of juxtaposed tectono-stratigraphic units across the Cyclades and other complex continental back-arc systems.