Assessment of Hg-contamination in soils and stream sediments in the mineral district of Nambija, Ecuadorian Amazon (example of an impacted area affected by artisanal gold mining)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-381

  Ramirez Requelme M E ^a   Ramos, J F F ^a   Angelica R S ^a   Brabo, E S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

MINE TAILINGS; ORE EXPLOITATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD; MERCURY; MINING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ECUADOR;

EID: 18544407937     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00088-4     Document Type: Article

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