Contaminated water, stream sediments and soils close to the abandoned Pinhal do Souto uranium mine, central Portugal

The Pinhal do Souto mine exploited a quartz vein containing uranium minerals, mainly autunite and torbernite. This vein intersects a two-mica granite containing 10 ppm U and uraninite. The mine was exploited underground and produced 93,091 kg U3O8 between 1978 and 1989 and was then closed down. Two...

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Main Author: Neiva, A. M. R. (author)
Other Authors: Carvalho, P. C. S. (author), Antunes, I. M. H. R. (author), Silva, M. M. V. G. (author), Santos, A. C. T. (author), Pinto, M. M. S. Cabral (author), Cunha, P. P. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Abandoned uranium mine
Water
Stream sediments
Soils
Contamination
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27113
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/27113

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http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27113

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