Hydrogeochemical characteristics of the Tinto and Odiel Rivers (SW Spain). Factors controlling metal contents

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 363-382

  Canovas C R ^a   Olias M ^a   Nieto, J M ^a   Sarmiento, A M ^a   Ceron J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMD; Hydrogeochemistry; Metal pollution; Odiel; R a of Huelva; Tinto

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SAMPLING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; METAL POLLUTION; OXYHYDROXYSULPHATES;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM SULFATE; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; METAL; RIVER POLLUTION; SULFIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; DILUTION; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SUMMER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS; MINING; RIVERS; SILICON; SPAIN; SULFIDES; SULFUR; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL RIVER; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846215478     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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