Identifying sources and assessing potential risk of exposure to heavy metals and hazardous materials in mining areas : the case study of Panasqueira Mine (Central Portugal) as an example
The Sn-W Panasqueira mine, in activity since the mid-1890s, is one of the most important economic deposits in the world. Arsenopyrite is the main mineral present as well as rejected waste sulphide. The long history is testified by the presence of a huge amount of tailings, which release considerable...
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| Language: | eng |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/2699 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.lneg.pt:10400.9/2699 |