Soil and sediment geochemistry of the iron quadrangle, Brazil: The case of Arsenic

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 216-222

  Deschamps, Eleonora ^a   Ciminelli, Virginia S T ^a   Lange, Frank Thomas ^b   Matschullat, Jörg ^c   Raue, Brigitte ^b   Schmidt, Hanka ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b DVGW Technologiezentrum Wasser   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenopyrite; Brazil; Gold mining; Iron Quadrangle; Minas Gerais; Sediments; Soil; Subtropical climate

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENOPYRITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HEALTH RISK; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; THRESHOLD;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS STATE;

EID: 0036944320     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02991043     Document Type: Article

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