Baseline to Evaluate Off-Site Suspended Sediment-Related Mining Effects in the Alto Tajo Natural Park, Spain

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 232-242

  Zapico, Ignacio ^a,b   Laronne, Jonathan B ^c   Martín Moreno, Cristina ^b   Martín Duque, José F ^a,b   Ortega, Ana ^b   Sánchez Castillo, Lázaro ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

BACI; baseline; mining activity; Natural Park; suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ALTO TAJO NATURAL PARKS; BACI; BASELINE; BEFORE-AFTER CONTROL IMPACTS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; MINING ACTIVITIES; NATURAL PARK; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; MINING; RIVER WATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRIBUTARY; WATER QUALITY;

ALTO TAJO NATURE RESERVE; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; SPAIN; TAGUS RIVER;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84990189026     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2605     Document Type: Article

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