The Distribution of Antimony and Arsenic in Waters of the Dúbrava Abandoned Mine Site, Slovak Republic;Das Auftreten von Antimon und Arsen im Wasser im Bereich des stiffgelegten Dúbrava Bergwerks, Slowakische Republik

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-221

  Ondrejková, Ivana ^a   Ženišová, Zlatica ^a   Fľaková, Renáta ^a   Krčmář, Dávid ^a   Sracek, Ondra ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c OPV Sro (Protection of Groundwater Ltd)   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adits; D brava deposit; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906905060     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-013-0229-5     Document Type: Article

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