Geochemical behavior of heavy metals in a Zn-Pb-Cu mining area in the State of Mexico (central Mexico)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 355-372

  Lizarraga Mendiola L ^a,b   Gonzalez Sandoval M R ^a   Duran Dominguez M C ^a   Marquez Herrera C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

AMD; Heavy metals; Massive sulfide; Superficial water pollution; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIC DRAINAGE; AMD; GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; LEACHATES; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ME-XICO; MINE SITE; MINING AREAS; SAMPLING POINTS; STATE OF MEXICO; SUPERFICIAL WATER; SUPERFICIAL WATER POLLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS;

ACIDS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; OIL SPILLS; PILES; PYRITES; SULFIDE MINERALS; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

HEAVY WATER;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; SULFATE; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON; LEACHATE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINING; TAILINGS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MEXICO; MINING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68149160036     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0440-1     Document Type: Article

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