Environmental assessment of mercury pollution in urban tailings from gold mining

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-173

  Leiva G , Manuel A ^a,b   Morales, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centro Nacional del Medio Ambiente   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Mercury contamination; Soil; Standard assessment

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY;

ARTISANAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYZER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MINE TAILINGS; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SURFACE SOIL; TOXIC WASTE; URBAN AREA;

CHILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOLD; MERCURY; MINING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

CHILE; COQUIMBO;

EID: 84874236600     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.12.026     Document Type: Article

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