State of contamination of the waters in the Guadiamar valley five years after the Aznalcóllar spill

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 103-119

  Olias M ^a   Ceron J C ^a   Fernandez I ^a   Moral, F ^b   Rodriguez Ramirez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Aznalc llar mine spill; Guadiamar River; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; DAMS; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS; SLURRIES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); ACID WATERS; AZNALCÓLLAR MINE SPILL; GUADIAMAR RIVER;

WATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; ZINC;

ACCIDENT; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID PRECIPITATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PH MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANDALUCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIAMAR BASIN; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 24644468588     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-8201-z     Document Type: Article

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