Potential lixiviation of trace elements in tailings from the mines La Asunción and Las Torres in the Guanajuato Mining District, Mexico;Potencial lixiviación de elementos traza en jales de las minas La Asunción y Las Torres, en el Distrito Minero de Guanajuato, México

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-83

  Mendoza Amézquita, Elsa ^a   Armienta Hernández, María Aurora ^a   Ayora, Carlos ^b   Soler, Albert ^c   Ramos Ramírez, Estela ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Guanajuato; Heavy metals; Mexico; Mining

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646565971     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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