Contamination and restoration of an estuary affected by phosphogypsum releases

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-77

  Villa, M ^a   Mosqueda, F ^b   Hurtado, S ^a   Mantero, J ^a   Manjon G ^a   Perianez R ^a   Vaca, F ^b   Garcia Tenorio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desorption; Estuary; Lead; Phosphogypsum; Radium; Time evolution

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT RELEASE; DISCHARGE REGIMES; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EXPONENTIAL FITTING; HALF LIVES; HUELVA ESTUARY; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NATURAL PROCESS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SEDIMENTS AND WATERS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; TIME EVOLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; ESTUARIES; GYPSUM; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEAD; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MARINE POLLUTION;

LEAD 210; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; PHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RIVER WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARY; GYPSUM; LEAD; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIUM; RIVER DISCHARGE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ESTUARY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CALCIUM SULFATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; HUELVA ESTUARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

EID: 70350412810     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.028     Document Type: Article

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