Heavy metal contamination from open-pit coal mining in Europe's black triangle and possible remediation

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-341

  Tichy R ^a   Mejstrik V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Open pit mining; Risks; Spoil banks; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347188594     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a96-117     Document Type: Article

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