Assessment of environmental impacts of active smelter operations and abandoned mines in Karabash, Ural mountains of Russia

Sustainable Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-142

  Udachin, V ^a   Williamson, B J ^b   Purvis, O W ^b   Spiro, B ^c   Dubbin, W ^b   Brooks, S ^b   Coste, B ^d   Herrington, R J ^b   Mikhailova, I ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRGM   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SMELTING;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0042828884     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.211     Document Type: Article

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