Natural cyanide degradation and impact on Ili River drainage areas from a Goldmine in Xinjiang autonomous region, China

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Shehong, Li ^a   Baoshan, Zheng ^a   Jianming, Zhu ^a   Xiaoying, Yu ^a   Binbin, Wang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Goldmine; Ili River; Natural degradation; River pollution

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; GOLD; MINE WASTE; RIVER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ILI RIVER; WORLD;

CYANIDE; GOLD;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHINA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; MINING; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; CYANIDES; GOLD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 13744252274     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-004-1309-z     Document Type: Article

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