Changes in groundwater chemistry due to metallurgical activities in an alluvial aquifer in the Moa area (Cuba)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-82

  Rodriguez R ^a   Candela, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cuba; Groundwater pollution; Heavy metals; Metallurgical wastes; Moa

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPOSITION; CRACK INITIATION; HEAVY METALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLURGY; SURFACE WATERS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER COMPOSITION; METALLURGICAL WASTE;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; SULFATE; TAILINGS DAM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

OXY;

EID: 4043081200     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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