书目名称 | Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining |
副标题 | A Chemical Time Bomb |
编辑 | Luiz D. Lacerda,Wim Salomons |
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概述 | Competent overview of a current topic.Numerous figures and diagrams |
丛书名称 | Environmental Science and Engineering |
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描述 | Due to its inherent characteristics, mercury contamination from gold mining is a major environmental problem compared to past mercury contamination from industrial point sources. The worsening of social-economical conditions and increasing gold prices in the late 1970s resulted in a new rush for gold by individual entrepreneurs for whom Hg amalgamation is a cheap and easily carried out operation. Even after the present-day mining areas are exhausted, the mercury left behind will remain part of the biochemical cycle of the tropical forest. This book reviews the current information on mercury from gold mining, its cycling in the environment and its long-term ecotoxicological impact. The book is illustrated with numerous diagrams and photographs. |
出版日期 | Book 1998 |
关键词 | Gold- und Silberbergbau; Quecksilbervergiftung; Quecksilberverseuchung; emissions; environment; gold and |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58793-1 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-642-63734-6 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-58793-1Series ISSN 1863-5520 Series E-ISSN 1863-5539 |
issn_series | 1863-5520 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998 |