Monitoring the impact of the aznalcóllar mining spill on recent sediments from the Guadalquivir estuary, Southwest Spain

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-138

  Riba, I ^a   DelValls, T A ^a   Forja, J M ^a   Gomez Parra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTUARY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; SPILLAGE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SPAIN; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0036664150     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0019-4     Document Type: Article

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