Carbonate-rich mining tailings in Lavrion: Risk assessment and proposed rehabilitation schemes

Advances in Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 479-494

  Xenidis, Anthimos ^a   Papassiopi, Nymphodora ^a   Komnitsas, Kostas ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous tailings; Environmental characterisation; Lavrion; Rehabilitation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MINING; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBONACEOUS TAILINGS;

TAILINGS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; LEAD;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREECE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INGESTION; INHALATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037271478     PISSN: 10930191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1093-0191(02)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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