Fluvial geomorphology and hydrology in the dispersal and fate of pyrite mud particles released by the Aznalcollar mine tailings spill

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 13-26

  Gallart, Francesc ^a   Benito, Gerardo ^b   Martín Vide, Juan Pedro ^c   Benito, Alfonso ^b   Prió, Josep Maria ^c   Regüés, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c Maritima I Ambiental ETSECCP U ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Dam failure; Fluvial geomorphology; Heavy metals; Mining pollution; Sediment contamination; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

PYRITE;

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PYRITE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DYNAMICS; MINING; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033407545     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00373-3     Document Type: Article

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