Antimony in the soil-water-plant system at the Su Suergiu abandoned mine (Sardinia, Italy): Strategies to mitigate contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-331

  Cidu, Rosa ^a   Biddau, Riccardo ^a   Dore, Elisabetta ^a   Vacca, Andrea ^a   Marini, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abandoned mine; Antimony; Plant; Sardinia; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ABANDONED WELLS; ALKALINITY; ANTIMONY; CALCIUM; CONTAMINATION; DISPERSIONS; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; REDOX REACTIONS; REVEGETATION; RIVERS; SLAGS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PLANT; SARDINIA; SOIL-WATER-PLANT SYSTEM; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; SURFACE WATER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABANDONED MINE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTIMONY; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUROPEAN UNION; MINE WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SHRUB; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; MINING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

FLUMENDOSA BASIN; ITALY; SARDINIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIMONY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MINING; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906660417     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.117     Document Type: Article

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