Antimony distribution and mobility in rivers around the world's largest antimony mine of Xikuangshan, Hunan Province, China

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-11

  Wang, Xiangqin ^a   He, Mengchang ^a   Xi, Jianhong ^a   Lu, Xiaofei ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimony; Distribution; Release; Sediment; Xikuangshan antimony mine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649633883     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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