Natural attenuation of residual heavy metal contamination in soils affected by the Aznalcóllar mine spill, SW Spain

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2069-2075

  Vázquez, Saúl ^a   Hevia, América ^a   Moreno, Eduardo ^a   Esteban, Elvira ^a   Peñalosa, Jesús M ^a   Carpena, Ramón O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidified soils; Arsenic; Availability; Heavy metals; Pyritic sludge; Spatial temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; PYRITE; RAIN; ZINC;

ACID SOIL; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEACHING; MINING; OXIDATION; SLUDGE; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; AZNALCOLLAR; SEVILLA; SPAIN;

EID: 79956030460     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.03.030     Document Type: Article

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