Distribution and mobility of mercury in soils of a gold mining region, Cuyuni river basin, Venezuela

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1268-1276

  Santos Frances F ^a   Garcia Sanchez A ^b   Alonso Rojo, P ^a   Contreras, F ^c   Adams, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Artisanal gold mining; Baseline; Mercury; Soil; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD MINES; LAKES; MINING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTISANAL GOLD MININGS; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; BASELINE; DISTRIBUTION AND MOBILITY; GOLD MINING; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG POLLUTION; MERCURY; RIVER BASINS; VENEZUELA;

SOILS;

GOLD; MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTISANAL MINING; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GOLD MINE; LEACHING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MOBILITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER BASIN; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRACTIONATION; GEOLOGY; LEACHING; LITHOSPHERE; MINING; POND; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; VENEZUELA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CUYUNI BASIN; VENEZUELA;

EID: 79251647218     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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