Heavy metals soil pollution state in relation to potential future mining activities in the Roşia Montanǎ area

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Lǎcǎtuşu, Radu ^a,c   Cîtu, George ^b   Aston, John ^d   Lungu, Mihaela ^c   Lǎcǎtuşu, Anca Rovena ^c  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^c Res Inst Soil Sci and Agrochem   (Romania)

^d Aston Eco Bucharest   (Romania)

Author keywords

Abundance index; Auriferous ore; Heavy metals; Mining activities; Pedogeochemical background

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; GOLD MINE; HEAVY METAL; MINING; SILVER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 70350728885     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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