Assessment of soil contamination by potentially toxic elements in the aljustrel mining area in order to implement soil reclamation strategies

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 565-585

  Candeias, C ^a   da Silva, E Ferreira ^a   Salgueiro, A R ^a,b   Pereira, H G ^b   Reis, A P ^a   Patinha, C ^a   Matos, J X ^c   Avila P H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c LNEG National Laboratory of Energy and Geology   (Portugal)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aljustrel mine; Environmental geochemistry; Heavy metal pollution; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Portugal; Potential toxic elements (PTE); Quality guidelines; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; PORTUGAL; QUALITY GUIDELINES; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GUIDELINE; HEAVY METAL; MINING; PARENT BODY; POLICY STRATEGY; POLLUTION POLICY; PYRITE; RECLAIMED LAND; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFIDE;

ALJUSTREL MINE; BEJA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 81855206104     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1035     Document Type: Article

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