The MERSADE (European Union) project: Testing procedures and environmental impact for the safe storage of liquid mercury in the Almadén district, Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4901-4905

  Llanos, W ^a,b   Higueras, P ^a   Oyarzun, R ^b   Esbri J M ^a   Lopez Berdonces M A ^a   Garcia Noguero E M ^a   Martinez Coronado A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almad n district; Baseline; Las Cuevas; Mercury safe deposit; Spain

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTAMINATION; BASELINE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; EUROPEAN UNION; FLASH FLOOD; GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOT SPOT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; LAS CUEVAS; LIQUID MERCURY; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; MERCURY SAFE DEPOSIT; PLUME CONTAMINATION; POTENTIAL SITES; RESTORATION WORKS; SAFE STORAGE; SPAIN; TESTING PROCEDURE; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

AGRICULTURE; DEPOSITS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY; AIR POLLUTANT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHY; MINING; PLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; STORAGE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPAIN; STANDARDS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MERCURY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

ALMADEN; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; SPAIN;

EID: 77955917561     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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