Distribution of metals in soils and plants around mineralized zones at Cartagena-La Unión mining district (SE, Spain)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1227-1237

  Gonzalez Fernandez, O ^a   Queralt, I ^a   Manteca, J I ^b   Garcia, G ^c   Carvalho, M L ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b Escuela Universitaria de Ingenieria Tecnica Civil   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cartagena La Uni n; Ditrichia viscosa; Hirsfeldia incana; Metals; Piptatherum miliaceum; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CONTENT OF FE; DISTRIBUTION OF METAL; DITRICHIA VISCOSA; HIRSFELDIA INCANA; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; METAL ACCUMULATION; MINERALIZED ZONE; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MINING DISTRICT; MINING WASTE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PIPTATHERUM MILIACEUM; PLANT SPECIES; SOIL-TO-PLANT TRANSFER; SURROUNDING SOILS; THREE ZONES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; LEAD; METALS;

SOILS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; DICOTYLEDON; ENRICHMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; ROCK PROPERTY; SOIL ANALYSIS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CARTAGENA [MURCIA]; LA UNION [MURCIA]; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

HIRSCHFELDIA INCANA; PIPTATHERUM MILIACEUM;

EID: 79959596312     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0796-8     Document Type: Article

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