Contribution of mine wastes to atmospheric metal deposition in the surrounding area of an abandoned heavily polluted mining district (Rio Tinto mines, Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 449, Issue , 2013, Pages 363-372

  Castillo, Sonia ^a   de la Rosa, Jesús D ^a   Sánchez de la Campa, Ana M ^a   González Castanedo, Yolanda ^a   Fernández Caliani, Juan C ^a   Gonzalez, Isabel ^b   Romero, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Insoluble fraction; Metals; Mine wastes; Rio Tinto mines; Soluble fraction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; INSOLUBLE FRACTION; MINE WASTES; RIO TINTO; SOLUBLE FRACTION;

ABANDONED MINES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEPOSITS; METALS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; ZINC;

MINE DUST;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; GALLIUM; IRON; LEAD; LEAD SULFIDE; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MINERAL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; PYRITE; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIN; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ABANDONED MINE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTAMINATED LAND; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY MINERAL; METAL; MINE WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INSOLUBLE FRACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINE WASTE; MINING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION AND POLLUTION RELATED PHENOMENA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAILWAY; SOLUBLE FRACTION; SPAIN; TRAFFIC; WIND;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS; MINING; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; RIO TINTO [(TWN) HUELVA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84874426555     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.076     Document Type: Article

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