Environmental impact of ancient small-scale mercury ore processing at Pšenk on soil (Idrija area, Slovenia)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1867-1876

  Teršič, Tamara ^a   Gosar, Mateja ^a   Biester, Harald ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALMADEN; CONTAMINATED SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG MINES; HG MINING; HG POLLUTION; MINERAL SOILS; MINIMUM VALUE; SAMPLING POINTS; SLOVENIA; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SAMPLING; STUDY AREAS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

CALCINATION; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; MERCURY (METAL); ORE ROASTING; ORES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ABNORMALITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEACHING; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; MINERAL; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; PROCESSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSFORMATION;

IDRIJA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 80555131211     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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