About the Authors

Pedro Walfir M. Souza-Filho

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

pedro.martins.souza@itv.org

Affiliations Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Pará, Brazil, Geosciences Institute, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Tereza C. Giannini

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Rodolfo Jaffé

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Ana M. Giulietti

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Diogo C. Santos

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Geosciences Institute, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Wilson R. Nascimento Jr.

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Pará, Brazil

José Tasso F. Guimarães

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Marlene F. Costa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Gerência de Meio Ambiente–Minas de Carajás, Departamento de Ferrosos Norte, Vale S.A. Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil

Vera L. Imperatriz- Fonseca

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Pará, Brazil

José O. Siqueira

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Competing Interests

MFC is employed by Vale S.A. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.