Screening risk assessment tools for assessing the environmental impact in an abandoned pyritic mine in Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 692-703

  Moreno Jiménez, Eduardo ^a   García Gómez, Concepción ^b   Oropesa, Ana Lourdes ^c   Esteban, Elvira ^a   Haro, Amparo ^b   Carpena Ruiz, Ramón ^a   Tarazona, Jose Vicente ^b   Peñalosa, Jesus Manuel ^a   Fernández, María Dolores ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contaminated soils; Environmental impact assessment; Mining; Risk assessment; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED METAL MINE; ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; LOCAL SCALE; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; RISK LEVELS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL ORGANISMS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; RATING; REAL VARIABLES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; PYRITE; ZINC;

ABANDONED MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINING; PYRITE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ORGANISM; SPAIN; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CHAIN; IRON; MINING; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SULFIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SPAIN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650976035     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.056     Document Type: Article

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