Chemical availability of arsenic and heavy metals in sediments from abandoned cinnabar mine tailings

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 535-546

  Larios, Raquel ^a   Fernández Martínez, Rodolfo ^a   Silva, Verónica ^b   Rucandio, Isabel ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; BCR; Fractionation; Heavy metals; Mine sites; Mobility; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ARSENIC; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHROMIUM METALLURGY; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MERCURY MINES; NICKEL METALLURGY; TAILINGS;

CHEMICAL AVAILABILITY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; MINE SITE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION SCHEME; SOLID-PHASE SPECIATION;

SEDIMENTS;

ABANDONED MINE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CINNABAR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; FRACTIONATION; HEAVY METAL; METALLURGY; MINERALOGY; MINING; MOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLUBILIZATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPOIL HEAP; TAILINGS;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

EID: 84872030320     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1757-1     Document Type: Article

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