Contamination of surface waters by mining wastes in the Milluni Valley (Cordillera Real, Bolivia): Mineralogical and hydrological influences

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1299-1324

  Salvarredy Aranguren, Matías Miguel ^a   Probst, Anne ^a   Roulet, Marc ^a,b   Isaure, Marie Pierre ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MINING; WASTES;

MINING WASTES; POTENTIALLY HARMFUL ELEMENTS (PHE);

SURFACE WATERS;

ACIDITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINING; SURFACE WATER; VALLEY; WASTE; WATER POLLUTION; WET SEASON;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; BOLIVIA; CORDILLERA REAL [BOLIVIA]; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; MILLUNI VALLEY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42249083398     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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