Distribution of heavy metals around the Dashkasan au mine

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-654

  Rafiei, B ^a   Bakhtiari Nejad, M ^a   Hashemi, M ^a   Khodaei, A S ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Contamination; Dashkasan; Gold mine; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENRICHMENT; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84855541284     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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