Mineralogy and geochemistry of alluvium contaminated by metal mining in the Rio Tinto area, southwest Spain

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1015-1030

  Hudson Edwards, Karen A ^a   Schell, Christiane ^b   Macklin, Mark G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; POLLUTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032845989     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(99)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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