Gold mining impact on riverine heavy metal transport in a sparsely monitored region: The upper Lake Baikal Basin case

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2780-2792

  Thorslund, Josefin ^a   Jarsjö, Jerker ^a   Chalov, Sergey R ^b   Belozerova, Ekaterina V ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; COPPER; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAKE; MINING; MONGOLIA; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOLD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONGOLIA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84867012119     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2em30643c     Document Type: Article

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