Microprobe techniques for speciation analysis and geochemical characterization of mine environments: The mercury district of Almadén in Spain

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4090-4095

  Bernaus, Anna ^a   Gaona, Xavier ^a   Esbrí, José Maria ^b   Higueras, Pablo ^a   Falkenberg, Gerald ^c   Valiente, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY (ICP-OES); MICROSCOPIC X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS (XRF); SPECIATION ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOCHEMISTRY; SORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

MERCURY MINES;

COPPER; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROXIDE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY MINES; SORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; MINE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METALLURGY; MICROANALYSIS; MINING; SPAIN; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; SPAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALMADEN; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33746670618     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052392l     Document Type: Article

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