Enrichment of rare earth elements as environmental tracers of contamination by acid mine drainage in salt marshes: A new perspective

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1799-1808

  Delgado, Joaquín ^a   Pérez López, Rafael ^a,b   Galván, Laura ^a   Nieto, José Miguel ^a   Boski, Tomasz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Environmental proxy; Estuary pollution; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COASTAL AREA; CONVEX CURVATURES; DROUGHT PERIODS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROXIES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; FLAT PATTERN; FLOCCULATION PROCESS; FLOOD EVENT; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; MIXING PROCESS; NEW PARAMETERS; NORTH AMERICAN; REE PATTERN; SALT MARSHES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; FLOCCULATION; HEAVY WATER; MIXING; SEAWATER;

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

LANTHANIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COASTAL ZONE; ENRICHMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FRACTIONATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEAWATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; FLOCCULATION; FLOODING; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALT MARSH; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, RARE EARTH; MINING; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

GUADIANA ESTUARY; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT;

EID: 84865372501     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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