Heavy metal contamination in the vicinity of some base-metal mines in Korea; a review

Geosystem Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 74-83

  Chon, Hyo Taek ^a   Ahn, Joo Sung ^a   Jung, Myung Chae ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Semyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Base metal mines; Chemical forms; Heavy metals; Plant uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744294893     PISSN: 12269328     EISSN: 21663394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12269328.1998.10541128     Document Type: Article

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