The Pulpí gigantic geode (Almería, Spain): Geology, metal pollution, microclimatology, and conservation

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 707-716

  Fernández Cortés, Ángel ^a   Calaforra, José María ^a   García Guinea, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Geo mining heritage; Geode; Gypsum; Microclimatic monitoring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GYPSUM; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METALS; MINING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEO-MINING HERITAGE; GEODE; MICROCLIMATIC MONITORING;

GEOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONDENSATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GYPSUM; HEAVY METAL; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROCLIMATE; MINING; PROJECT DESIGN; PUBLIC SERVICE; SULFIDE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

ALMERIA [ALMERIA (PRV)]; ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745712155     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0243-z     Document Type: Article

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