Potential environmental impact resulting from inadequate remediation of uranium mining in the Karoo Uranium Province, South Africa

Uranium in the Environment: Mining Impact and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 789-799

  Scholtz, Nico ^a   Scholtz, O F ^a   Potgieter, Gerhard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED WELLS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FARM BUILDINGS; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTABLE WATER; PROTEINS; RADON; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CONCENTRATION LIMITATIONS; CONTAMINATED WATER; HEAVY METAL UPTAKE; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS; TOXICOLOGICAL HAZARDS; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 84896655108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28367-6_81     Document Type: Conference Paper

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