Distribution of copper in the vicinity of a deactivated mining site at Carajás in the Amazon region of Brazil

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 543-549

  Cassella, Ricardo J ^a   Wagener, Angela de L R ^b   Santelli, Ricardo E ^a   Wagener, Klaus ^a   Tavares, Lídia Y ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cu; Mining; Soils; Terrestrial environment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION;

SOIL COMPARTMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COPPER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS;

ABANDONED MINE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BUFFERING; COPPER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAF LITTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; MINING; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BIOMASS; BRAZIL; COPPER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINING; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; CARAJAS; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947190361     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.08.060     Document Type: Article

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