Impact of tailings from the Kilembe copper mining district on Lake George, Uganda

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1065-1075

  Owor, Michael ^a   Hartwig, Tina ^b   Muwanga, Andrew ^a   Zachmann, Dieter ^b   Pohl, Walter ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aqueous geochemistry; Copper mining; Heavy metals; Lake George; Uganda

Indexed keywords

COPPER MINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; COPPER MINING; LAKE GEORGE; UGANDA;

TAILINGS;

ABANDONED MINE; COPPER; ENRICHMENT; HEAVY METAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TAILINGS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE GEORGE [WESTERN PROVINCE]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

EID: 33846091132     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0398-7     Document Type: Article

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