Environmental implications related to natural asbestos occurrences in the ophiolites of the gimigliano-mount reventino unit (Calabria, Southern Italy)

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 405-418

  Punturo, R ^a   Bloise, A ^b   Critelli, T ^b   Catalano, M ^b   Fazio, E ^a   Apollaro, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Greenstone; Historical quarries; Metabasite; Naturally occurring asbestos; Serpentinite

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENSTONE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METABASITE; OPHIOLITE; QUARRY; SERPENTINITE;

CALABRIA; CATANZARO; GIMIGLIANO; ITALY; MOUNT REVENTINO;

EID: 84942077323     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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