Long-term contamination in a recovered area affected by a mining spill

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 514, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-223

  Martin Peinado F J ^a   Romero Freire, A ^a   Garcia Fernandez I ^b   Sierra Aragon M ^a   Ortiz Bernad, I ^a   Simon Torres M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Aznalc llar spill; Heavy metals; Soil remediation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; LIQUID PHASIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MINING SPILLS; POLLUTED SOILS; REMEDIATION MEASURES; SOIL REMEDIATION; UNCONTAMINATED SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; COPPER; LEAD; METALLOID; SULFATE; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINING; PH MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SPAIN; SPILLAGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANDALUCIA; AZNALCOLLAR; SEVILLA; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

EID: 84922383806     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.102     Document Type: Article

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