Legacy Hg-Cu Contamination of Active Stream Sediments in the Gold Hill Mining District, North Carolina
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the longitudinal trends of mercury (Hg) and copper (Cu) in active channel sediments downstream from the Gold Hill mining district in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Mining for gold (Au) and Cu from 1844 to 1915 released both Hg (associated with Au processing)...
Veröffentlicht in: | Southeastern Geographer. - Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. - 50(2010), 4, Seite 503-522 |
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2010
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Southeastern Geographer |
Schlagworte: | mercury gold mining contamination channel sediments Physical sciences Business Behavioral sciences |
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