A simple scheme to determine potential aquatic metal toxicity from mining wastes

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Wildeman, Thomas R ^a   Smith, Kathleen S ^b   Ranville, James F ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic chemistry; Leaching tests; Metal bioavailability; Metal contaminants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847777537     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920601180651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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