The environmental hazard caused by smelter slags from the Sta. Maria de la Paz mining district in Mexico

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-13

  Manz, Michael ^a,b   Castro, L Javier ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Environmental pollution; Mining; Slag; Tailings

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; ARSENIC; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RAIN; ZINC;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MINING; MINING INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SLAG; SMELTER;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MEXICO; MINING; SLAG; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION; TIME;

MEXICO;

EID: 0031411588     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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