Environmental assessment of mercury contamination from the Rwamagasa artisanal gold mining centre, Geita District, Tanzania

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 343, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 111-133

  Taylor, H ^a   Appleton, J D ^a   Lister, R ^a   Smith, B ^a   Chitamweba, D ^b   Mkumbo, O ^b   Machiwa, J F ^c   Tesha, A L ^d   Beinhoff, C ^e  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b TANZANIA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d Ministry of Energy and Minerals   (Tanzania)

^e UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Austria)

Author keywords

Africa; Drainage sediment; Fish; Human exposure; Plants; Sediment; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD MINES; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION;

DOWNSTREAM DISPERSION; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MINERAL PROCESSING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

MERCURY (METAL);

GOLD; MERCURY;

GOLD MINE; MERCURY (PLANET); POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTIVATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; INSECT; MINING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GEITA MINE; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

BARBUS; BRYCINUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CLARIAS; DIOSCOREA ALATA; HAPLOCHROMIS; HYDROCYNUS; LATES; LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS; TILAPIA; VICTORIA;

EID: 18244366847     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.042     Document Type: Article

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