A classification system for environmental pressures related to mine water discharges

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-52

  Puura, Erik ^a,b   D'Alessandro, Marco ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Environmental pressures; Europe; Impact analysis; Maximum permissible concentration (MPC); Methodology; Mine water; Ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746918721     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-005-0070-6     Document Type: Review

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