Mercury speciation and mobility in mine wastes from mercury mines in China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8374-8381

  Li, Ping ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Zhang, Junfang ^b   Meng, Bo ^a   Wang, Jianxu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse   (China)

Author keywords

Calcines; Mercury; Mine waste; Mobility; Speciation; Waste rocks

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEACHATE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; MOBILITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CHINA;

EID: 84891149737     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1731-9     Document Type: Article

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