Impact of past mining activity on the quality of water and soil in the High Moulouya Valley (Morocco)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 573-589

  Iavazzo, Pietro ^a   Ducci, Daniela ^a   Adamo, Paola ^a   Trifuoggi, Marco ^a   Migliozzi, Antonello ^a   Boni, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Historical mining; Hydrogeochemistry; Metal mobility; Reclamation hypothesis; Semi arid climate

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE CONTENT; CLAY FRACTIONS; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LAND REMEDIATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; METAL DISPERSIONS; METAL MOBILITY; METALLIC CONTAMINANTS; MINE PIT LAKES; MINE SITE; MINING ACTIVITIES; MINING SITES; MINING WASTE; MOULOUYA RIVER; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTION LEVEL; QUALITY OF WATER; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; TOTAL CONTENT; TOXIC METALS; WATER EROSION;

ALKALINITY; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; LEAD; METALS; REMEDIATION; REVEGETATION; SOILS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; COPPER; FLUORINE; GROUND WATER; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; METAL; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POTASSIUM; POTENTIALLY TOXIC METAL; SODIUM; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LIMESTONE; MINING; PH; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL QUALITY; WATER QUALITY;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; METAL METABOLISM; MINE TAILINGS; MINING; MOROCCO; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; REVEGETATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER EROSION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WIND EROSION;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84856526807     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0883-9     Document Type: Article

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