Assessment of heavy metals pollution in groundwater of Golgohar iron ore mine area, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 505-520

  Jahanshahi, Reza ^a   Zare, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cd< inf>; Golgohar ore mine; Heavy metal; HEI; HPI; Pollution indices

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; IRON ORES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METALS; OPEN PIT MINING; ORES; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; WATER;

CD; HEAVY METAL EVALUATIONS; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS POLLUTION; HEI; HPI; MAXIMUM ADMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION INDEX;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CALCITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEWATERING; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; INDEX METHOD; IRON ORE; MINING; NEUTRALIZATION; OPEN PIT MINE; POLLUTION MONITORING; ROCK; SOIL TEST; SOLID WASTE; SULFIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

IRAN;

EID: 84931563379     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4057-8     Document Type: Article

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