Mercury mobility in mine waste from Hg-mining areas in Almería, Andalusia (Se Spain)

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-246

  Navarro, Andrés ^a   Cardellach, Esteve ^b   Corbella, Mercé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination; Mercury; Mine wastes; MINTEQ; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANDALUSIA; COLLOID TRANSPORTS; ELEMENTAL MERCURIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MOBILITIES; HG CONCENTRATIONS; INTENSE PRECIPITATIONS; LABORATORY COLUMNS; LEACHATES; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; MATRIXES; MERCURY; MERCURY MOBILITIES; MERCURY SPECIES; MINE WASTES; MINERAL PHASIS; MINING AREAS; MINING WASTES; MINTEQ; NUMERICAL CODES; SPECIATION; SPECIATION MODELING; WATER-LEACHING;

DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINE TRANSPORTATION; MINERALS; MINES; MINING; SILICA; WASTES;

MERCURY (METAL);

DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LEACHING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; MINING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 64549152098     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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