Lanthanide contamination and strong positive europium anomalies in the surface sediments of the Santa Rosalía Copper Mining Region, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 308-315

  Shumilin, E ^a   Rodriguez Figueroa G ^a   Sapozhnikov, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EUROPIUM; HEAVY METAL; LANTHANIDE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MEXICO; MINING; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

COPPER; EUROPIUM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LANTHANOID SERIES ELEMENTS; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 26644464386     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0754-4     Document Type: Article

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