Mercury in soils and plants in an abandoned cinnabar mining area (SW Spain)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1319-1324

  Garcia Sanchez A ^a   Murciego, A ^b   Alvarez Ayuso E ^a   Regina, I Santa ^a   Rodriguez Gonzalez M A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cinnabar mining area; Leaf specific surface; Mercury; Plant cycle; Plant uptake; Soil pollution; Usagre

Indexed keywords

CINNABAR MINING AREA; LEAF SPECIFIC SURFACE; MERCURY; PLANT CYCLE; PLANT UPTAKE; USAGRE;

MERCURY (METAL); MINING; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

MERCURY SULFIDE;

ABANDONED MINE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CINNABAR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BROMUS; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; MARRUBIUM; MINING; PLANT LEAF; SOIL POLLUTION;

MERCURY; MINING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BROMUS MADRITENSIS; MARRUBIUM VULGARE; TRIFOLIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 67649743249     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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