Mercury dispersal to arroyo and coastal sediments from abandoned copper mine operations, El Boléo, Baja California

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-25

  Kot, Fyodor ^a   Shumilin, Evgueni ^b   Rodríguez Figueroa, Griselda Margarita ^b   Mirlean, Nicolai ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abandoned mines; Coastal marine sediments; El Bol o mining district; Mercury halo

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COASTAL MARINE SEDIMENTS; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; COPPER MININGS; ELEVATED LEVELS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; ME-XICO; MERCURY HALO; MERCURY LEVELS; MINE OPERATIONS;

COASTAL ZONES; COPPER; COPPER MINES; COPPER SMELTING; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY MINES; MINES; MINING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ABANDONED MINES;

COPPER; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MEXICO; MINERALIZATION; MINING; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SMELTER; UNITED STATES;

CITIES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MEXICO; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 57849147120     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9551-1     Document Type: Article

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