Strategy for the identification of tailings with environmental risk potential in a mining district: Case study in the Guanajuato, District, México;Estrategia para identificar jales con potencial de riesgo ambiental en un distrito minero: Estudio de caso en el Distrito de Guanajuato, Mexico

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-74

  Ramos Arroyo, Yann René ^a   Siebe Grabach, Christina Desireé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acidification; Environmental risk; Guanajuato Mexico; Potentially harmful elements; Tailings; Textural classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646589998     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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