Zacatecas (Mexico) companies extract Hg from surface soil contaminated by ancient mining industries

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 167-177

  Ogura, Tetsuya ^a   Ramírez Ortiz, Jorge ^b   Arroyo Villaseñor, Zenaida Maria ^a   Hernández Martínez, Sergio ^a   Palafox Hernández, Jesus Pablo ^a   García De Alba Luis Hugo, L H ^a   Fernando, Quintus ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalgam; Gold; Mercury pollution; Mining industry; Silver; Zacatecas

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; MERCURY (METAL); MINING; SURFACES;

SURFACE SOIL;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AMALGAM; ARSENIC; CALCIUM SULFATE; COPPER; GOLD; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL ION; SILVER;

GOLD; MINING; SILVER; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LEACHING; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; MEXICO; MINING; OXIDATION KINETICS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL;

MEXICO;

EID: 0141727549     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025497726115     Document Type: Article

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