Pollution sources in Cunha Baixa uranium mining area (Viseu, Portugal);Focos de poluição na área mineira da Cunha Baixa (Viseu, Portugal)

Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeoloxico de Laxe

Volumn , Issue 29, 2004, Pages 187-202

  Neves, O ^a   Matias, M J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid drainage; Cunha Baixa mine; Environmental pollution; Hydrogeochemistry; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URANIUM;

CUNHA BAIXA MINE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VISEU [PORTUGAL]; WORLD;

EID: 7744227297     PISSN: 02134497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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