Mercury and arsenic pollution associated to artisanal gold mining in huanca (Ayacucho Department, Peru)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-398

  Loredo, Jorge ^a   Soto, Jorge ^b   Ordóñez, Almudena ^a   Álvarez, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE PIURA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Artisanal mining; Mercury; Peru; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARTISANAL MINING; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS;

AYACUCHO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI;

EID: 66149160350     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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