Mercury, copper and zinc contamination in soils and fluvial sediments from an abandoned gold mining area in southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-222

  Cesar, Ricardo ^a,b   Egler, Silvia ^a   Polivanov, Helena ^b   Castilhos, Zuleica ^a   Rodrigues, Ana Paula ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Fluvial sediments; Gold mining; Heavy metals; Soils

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; COPPER; GOLD MINES; HEAVY METALS; KAOLINITE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; ZINC;

ABANDONED GOLD MINING; ALUMINUM CONCENTRATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; COPPER CONTAMINATION; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GOLD MINING; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; GEOACCUMULATION; GOLD MINE; HEAVY METAL; INDEX METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 80051801136     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0840-8     Document Type: Article

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