Environmental impacts of mining of Ni-Mo black shale-hosted deposits in the Zunyi region, southern China: Preliminary results of the study of toxic metals in the system rock-soil-plant

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-260

  Pašava, Jan ^a   Kříbek, Bohdan ^a   Žák, Karel ^a   Li, Chaoyang ^b   Deng, Hailin ^b   Liu, Jiajun ^b   Gao, Zhenmin ^b   Luo, Taiji ^b   Zeng, Mingguo ^c  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Institute of Geology   (China)

Author keywords

Black shale; Crop plants; Environmental impacts; Mining; Mo Ni ores; Soil; Southern China

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLACK SHALE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEAVY METAL; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; ZUNYI;

EID: 17544399615     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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