Evolution of pyrite mud weathering and mobility of heavy metals in the Guadiamar valley after the Aznalcollar spill, south-west Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 41-55

  Alastuey, A ^a   Garcia Sanchez A ^b   Lopez F ^c   Querol, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Mobility; Oxidation; Pyrite slurry

Indexed keywords

ACID; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MERCURY; MINERAL; NITRIC ACID; PYRITE; RAIN; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

HEAVY METAL; MUD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PYRITE; SLURRY; WEATHERING;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; WEATHER;

SPAIN;

EID: 0342723780     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00375-7     Document Type: Article

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