The potential for arsenic mobilisation in the Caudal River catchment, north-west Spain

Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Loredo, Jorge ^a   Ordónez, Almudena ^a   Álvarez, Rodrigo ^a   García Iglesias, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Leachates; Mine drainage; Mine wastes; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CATCHMENTS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SPOIL HEAPS; SUPERGENIC MINERALS;

MINING;

ABANDONED MINE; ARSENIC; CATCHMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MINE WASTE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFIDE;

ASTURIAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3343006951     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174504225004457     Document Type: Article

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