Impacts of mining on the environment; some local, regional and global issues

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 355-361

  Thornton, Iain ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING; SMELTING;

BRAZIL; GREECE; UK;

EID: 0029664028     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0883-2927(95)00064-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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