Spatial risk assessment related to abandoned mining activities: an environmental management tool

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2631-2641

  Antunes, I M H R ^a,b   Albuquerque, M T D ^a,b   Sanches, F A N ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Mining activities; Portugal; Sn W Pb Zn deposits; Stream sediments

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; BINARY ALLOYS; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEAD ALLOYS; MAPS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; TIN ALLOYS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; MINING ACTIVITIES; PORTUGAL; STREAM SEDIMENTS; ZN DEPOSITS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABANDONED MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOACCUMULATION INDEX; KRIGING; LEGISLATION; MINING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM; TAILINGS; VARIOGRAM;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84907091317     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3170-4     Document Type: Article

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