Mercury-tainted overbank sediment from past gold mining in north Georgia, USA

Environmental Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 244-251

  Leigh, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Gold mining; Mercury; Stream sediment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GOLD; MERCURY; MINING; STREAM SEDIMENT;

USA, GEORGIA;

EID: 0030620530     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050153     Document Type: Article

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