Mobility and phytoavailability of antimony in an area impacted by a former stibnite mine exploitation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 260-268

  Alvarez Ayuso E ^a   Otones, V ^a   Murciego, A ^b   Garcia Sanchez A ^a   Regina, I Santa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimony; Environmental risk; Mining area; Mobilization; Soil pollution; Tolerant plants

Indexed keywords

DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; MINING AREAS; MOBILIZATION; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PHYTOSTABILIZATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SAMPLES; REMEDIATION MEASURES; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL LAYER; TOLERANT PLANTS;

ABANDONED MINES; ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

ANTIMONY;

ABANDONED MINE; ANTIMONY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MINING; MOBILIZATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL POLLUTION; STIBNITE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAPHNE; DAPHNE GNIDIUM; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MINING; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHRUB; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84874407998     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.071     Document Type: Article

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