Contamination of two Oregon reservoirs by cinnabar mining and mercury amalgamation

Environmental Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 699-707

  Ambers, R K R ^a   Hygelund, B N ^b  

^a WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cinnabar mining; Gold mining; Lake sediment; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GOLD; HEAVY METALS; MERCURY AMALGAMS; MINING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

CINNABAR MINING;

GEOLOGY;

GOLD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; RESERVOIR; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035070958     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540000173     Document Type: Article

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