Remediation measures and displacement of pollutants in soils affected by the spill of a pyrite mine

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-39

  Simon M ^a   Garcia I ^a   Martin F ^b   Diez M ^b   del Moral, F ^a   Sanchez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Pollutants displacement; Pyrite mine; Remediation measures; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CURING; LEAD; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MINES; POLLUTION; PYRITES; SOILS; ZINC;

ANDALUSIA; AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; CD CONCENTRATIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTAMINATED AREAS; DRY SOILS; EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL PARKS; POLLUTANTS DISPLACEMENT; POLLUTED SOILS; REFERENCE CONCENTRATIONS; REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS; SAMPLING POINTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; PYRITE; ZINC;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; PYRITE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINE TAILINGS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; IRON; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; SULFIDES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 56249116202     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.040     Document Type: Article

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