Mercury and artisanal mining in China

Environmental Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-120

  Gunson, A J ^a   Veiga, Marcello M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION CONTROL; TAILINGS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 17644417422     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046604000225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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