Effect of recent artisanal small-scale gold mining on the contamination of surface river sediment: Case of Gambia River, Kedougou region, southeastern Senegal

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 144, Issue PC, 2014, Pages 517-527

  Niane, Birane ^a   Moritz, Robert ^a   Guédron, Stéphane ^b   Ngom, Papa Malick ^c   Pfeifer, Hans Rudolf ^d   Mall, Ibrahima ^c   Poté, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artisanal small scale gold mining; Gambia river; Human health risk; Mercury contamination

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GOLD; GOLD MINES; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

DOWNSTREAM DISPERSION; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; GOLD MINING; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; REFRACTORY ELEMENTS; SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINE (SQGS); TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY;

ARTISANAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GOLD MINE; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SMALL SCALE MINING; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GAMBIA RIVER; KEDOUGOU [SENEGAL]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84899041754     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2014.03.028     Document Type: Article

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