Distribution of Cu, Co, As, and Fe in mine waste, sediment, soil, and water in and around mineral deposits and mines of the Idaho Cobalt Belt, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1053-1062

  Gray, John E ^a   Eppinger, Robert G ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; FE OXIDE; HARMFUL EFFECTS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MINE WASTES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RAINBOW TROUT; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STREAM WATER; WATER SAMPLES;

BIOLOGY; COBALT; COBALT DEPOSITS; COBALT MINES; MINERAL RESOURCES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; ARSENIC; COBALT; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; IRON; MINE; MINE WASTE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; RUNOFF; SALMONID; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; COBALT; IDAHO; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84860385467     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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