Evaluation of particle dispersal from mining and milling operations using lead isotopic fingerprinting techniques, Rio Pilcomayo Basin, Bolivia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 355-373

  Miller, Jerry R ^a   Lechler, Paul J ^b   Mackin, Gail ^c   Germanoski, Dru ^d   Villarroel, Lionel F ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial geomorphology; Lead isotopes; Metal contamination; Mining

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MILLING (MACHINING);

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPES; METAL CONTAMINATION;

MINING;

LEAD; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINE WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DILUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; BOLIVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SOIL;

BOLIVIA; PILCOMAYO RIVER; POTOSI [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548044180     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.029     Document Type: Article

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