A preliminary investigation into mining and smelting impacts on trace element concentrations in the soils and vegetation around Tharsis, SW Spain

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-288

  Chopin, E I B ^a   Black, S ^a   Hodson, M E ^a   Coleman, M L ^a   Alloway, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; ICP AES; Lead; Mining; Smelting; Spain; Tharsis

Indexed keywords

MINING; PH EFFECTS; SMELTING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

TOPSOILS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LEAD; MINING; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0038206969     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036720099     Document Type: Article

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