Impact of Pb-Zn mining activity on surficial sediments of Lake Kalimanci (FYR Macedonia)

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 996-1009

  Vrhovnik, Petra ^a   Šmuc, Nastja Rogan ^a   Dolenec, Tadej ^a   Serafimovski, Todor ^b   Dolenec, Matej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b GOCE DELCEV UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Lake kalimanci; Pollution; Republic of Macedonia; Sequential extraction procedure; Surficial lake sediments; Tailings dam failure; Toxic metal contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885654111     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1205-1     Document Type: Article

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