Deconvolution of trace element (As, Cr, Mo, Th, U) sources and pathways to surface waters of a gold mining-influenced watershed

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2063-2076

  Grosbois, C ^a   Schafer J ^b   Bril, H ^a   Blanc, G ^b   Bossy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Geochemical background; Isle River; Mixing model; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISSOLUTION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD MINES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORE DEPOSITS; OXIDATION; RIVERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WEATHERING;

DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS; FERRIC OXY-HYDROXIDES; GEOCHEMICAL BACKGROUND; HIGH-RESOLUTION SURVEY; ISLE RIVER; MIXING MODELS; SULFIDE OXIDATION; WATER-SOIL INTERACTION;

THORIUM;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; GOLD MINE; MOLYBDENUM; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURFACE WATER; THORIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; WATERSHED;

AQUITAINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ISLE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149102805     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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