Mercury Contamination of the Environment Due to Gold Mining in Zabaikalye

Autor: T. E. Khvostova, M. V. Melnikova, T. G. Laperdina
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Global and Regional Mercury Cycles: Sources, Fluxes and Mass Balances ISBN: 9789401072953
Popis: Gold-mining in the Chita Oblast, Eastern Zabaikalye (Transbaikal), causes mercury contamination of the environment. Contrast and localization of the contamination depend on duration and intensity of amalgamation usage in concentration of gold-bearing sands and ores and also on natural landscape and climatic conditions. Mercury concentrations in the environmental compartments of the gold-mining areas and background zones vary between
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