The Almadén district (Spain): Anatomy of one of the world's largest Hg-contaminated sites

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 356, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 112-124

  Higueras, P ^a   Oyarzun, R ^b   Lillo, J ^c   Sanchez Hernandez J C ^a   Molina, J A ^d   Esbri J M ^a   Lorenzo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almad n; Atmosphere; Contamination; Mercury; Sediments; Soils; Water

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER;

ALMADÉN; ATMOSPHERES; CRUSTACEANS AND PLANTS; METHYLMERCURY (MEHG);

CONTAMINATION;

BARIUM OXIDE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS ACUTIFOLIUS; ATMOSPHERE; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARD; HEPATOPANCREAS; MINERALOGY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MERCURY; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALMADEN; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS ACUTIFOLIUS; ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 32644487578     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.042     Document Type: Article

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