Emissions and environmental implications of mercury from artisanal gold mining in north Sulawesi, Indonesia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 302, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 227-236

  Limbong, Daniel ^a   Kumampung, Jeims ^a   Rimper, Joice ^a   Arai, Takaomi ^b   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a SAM RATULANGI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artisanal Gold mining; Bioaccumulation; Food chain; Indonesia; Mercury

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD MINES; MERCURY (METAL); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AMALGAM; MERCURY;

ARTISANAL MINING; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; INDONESIA; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; INDONESIA; MERCURY; METALLURGY; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0037454752     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00397-2     Document Type: Article

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