Groundwater contamination evolution in the Guadiamar and Agrio aquifers after the Aznalcóllar spill: Assessment and environmental implications

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3629-3641

  Olías, Manuel ^a   Moral, Francisco ^b   Galván, Laura ^a   Cerón, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Aznalc llar; Groundwater pollution; Guadiamar River; Toxic spill

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIC PH VALUES; ACIDIC WATER; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ALLUVIAL MATERIAL; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DAM FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; FIRST YEAR; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GUADIAMAR RIVER; HIGH CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM VALUES; TAILINGS DAM; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TOXIC SPILLS;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; COBALT; COPPER; GROUND WATER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AQUIFER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PYRITE; SLUDGE; TAILINGS DAM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MINE TAILINGS; PH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPILLAGE; SUMMER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TABLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRIO RIVER [SEVILLA]; ANDALUCIA; AZNALCOLLAR; GUADIAMAR RIVER; SEVILLA; SPAIN;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MINING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863732021     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2212-6     Document Type: Article

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