Heavy metal pollution in soils around the abandoned mine sites of the iberian pyrite belt (Southwest Spain)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 200, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 211-226

  Fernandez Caliani J C ^a   Barba Brioso, C ^b   Gonzalez I ^b   Galan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abandoned mine sites; Heavy metals; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Minesoils; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND VALUE; CARBONATE CONTENT; CHEMICAL DATA; HAZARDOUS METALS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; IMMOBILISATION; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; MINESOILS; MINING AREAS; NEUTRALISATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PH VALUE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION LOADS; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL SAMPLE;

ABANDONED MINES; ACIDS; ADSORPTION; CADMIUM; LAND RECLAMATION; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MINES; MINING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYRITES; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CARBONIC ACID; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROXIDE; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ABANDONED MINE; ANOMALY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PYRITE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; MINING; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349098849     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9905-7     Document Type: Article

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