The distribution and natural degradation of cyanide in goldmine tailings and polluted soil in arid and semiarid areas

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1150-1154

  Shehong, Li ^a   Baoshan, Zheng ^a   Jianming, Zhu ^a   Xiaoying, Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid and semiarid areas; China; Cyanide distribution; Goldmine tailings; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARID REGIONS; DEGRADATION; GOLD MINES; SOIL POLLUTION;

GOLDMINE TAILINGS; NATURAL DEGRADATION; NATURAL WATER BODIES; SALT CRUST;

CYANIDES;

GOLD MINE; MINE WASTE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS;

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

ARIDA;

EID: 21344455308     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1253-y     Document Type: Article

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