Assessing soil quality in areas affected by sulfide mining. Application to soils in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain)

Minerals

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-108

  González, Isabel ^a   Galán, Emilio ^a   Romero, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian Pyrite Belt; Soil contamination; Sulfide mining; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876981568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2075163X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/min1010073     Document Type: Article

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