Heavy metal pollution caused by small-scale metal ore mining activities: A case study from a polymetallic mine in South China

Although metal ore mining activities are well known as an important source of heavy metals, soil pollution caused by small-scale mining activities has long been overlooked. This study investigated the pollution of surface soils in an area surrounding a recently abandoned small-scale polymetallic min...

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Published in:	The Science of the total environment Vol. 639; pp. 217 - 227
Main Authors:	Sun, Zehang, Xie, Xiande, Wang, Ping, Hu, Yuanan, Cheng, Hefa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.10.2018
Subjects:	agricultural land arsenic cadmium case studies China chromium cobalt copper drainage Environmental Monitoring Heavy metals lead manganese Metals, Heavy - analysis Mine tailings Mining multivariate analysis nickel risk runoff Small-scale mining activities Soil Soil Pollutants - analysis Soil pollution soil sampling Water pollution wind zinc China Mine tailings Water pollution Small-scale mining activities Soil pollution Heavy metals
ISSN:	0048-9697, 1879-1026, 1879-1026
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