Site-specific characterization of Castromil Brownfield area related to gold mining activities

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-25

  da Silva, Eduardo Ferreira ^a   Pinto, Luís Serrano ^b   Patinha, Carla ^a   Fonseca, Edmundo Cardoso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Connary Minerals ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brownfield's; Old mining area; Pollution index; Risk based assessment; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

GOLD MINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MINING; PLANT; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; METALS; MINING; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CASTROMIL MINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; LACTUCA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 2042492057     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EGAH.0000020893.37543.9d     Document Type: Article

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