Pollution of water and stream sediments associated with the vale de abrutiga uranium mine, Central Portugal

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 66-75

  Cabral Pinto, Marina M S ^a   Silva, M M V G ^a   Neiva, A M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid drainage; Portugal; Stream sediments; Uranium mineralization; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944258962     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-004-0041-3     Document Type: Article

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