Trace metal depositional patterns from an open pit mining activity as revealed by archived avian gizzard contents

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1193-1197

  Bendell, L I ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archived samples; Cadmium; Copper; Gizzard; Mining; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MINING; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC DEPOSITION; ARCHIVED SAMPLES; COPPER CONTENT; GIZZARD; LEAD CONCENTRATION; MINING ACTIVITIES; OPEN PIT; SAMPLING PERIOD; TIME TRENDS; TOXIC METALS; TOXICOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL ANALYSIS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; COPPER MINES; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; TOXICITY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

OPEN PIT MINING;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

CADMIUM; COPPER; DEPOSITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OPEN PIT MINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVIAN STOMACH; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENDRAGAPUS OBSCURUS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOWL; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GALLIFORMES; GIZZARD; LEAD; METALS; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

AVES; DENDRAGAPUS OBSCURUS;

EID: 78751705705     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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