High thallium content in rocks associated with Au-As-Hg-T1 and coal mineralization and its adverse environmental potential in SW Guizhou, China

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-252

  Xiao, Tangfu ^a,b   Guha, Jayanta ^b   Boyle, Dan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Environmental impacts; Guizhou; Human activity; Natural process; Thallium

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; BINARY ALLOYS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; CROPS; DEPOSITS; DISPERSIONS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; GOLD DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MERCURY DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; ORES; ROCKS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; THALLIUM; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHINA; GUIZHOU; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METALLOGENIC BELT; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; NATURAL PROCESS; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FARMING SYSTEM; MINING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; THALLIUM; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EID: 4043105078     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/04-204     Document Type: Article

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