A review on the importance of metals and metalloids in atmospheric dust and aerosol from mining operations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-73

  Csavina, Janae ^a   Field, Jason ^b   Taylor, Mark P ^c   Gao, Song ^d   Landázuri, Andrea ^a   Betterton, Eric A ^a,b   Sáez, A Eduardo ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Arsenic and lead; Dust; Metals and metalloids; Mining; Tailings

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EMISSIONS; AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DUST EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FINER PARTICLES; MINING ACTIVITIES; MINING OPERATIONS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

AEROSOLS; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINATION; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; METALS; MINING; TAILINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; LEAD; METAL; METALLOID;

AEROSOL; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEAD; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TAILINGS; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAND USE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; REVIEW; SURFACE SOIL; WIND EROSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; METALS; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84863228100     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.013     Document Type: Review

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