Mercury content in electrum from artisanal mining site of Mongolia

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 249, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 556-560

  Murao, Satoshi ^a   Naito, Kazuki ^a   Dejidmaa, Gunchin ^b   Sie, Soey H ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Geological Information Center   (Mongolia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artisanal mining; Electrum; Gold; Mercury; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MERCURY MINES; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTISANAL MINING; ELECTRUM; MICRO-PIXE; MONGOLIA;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 33745864021     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.03.052     Document Type: Article

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