TRACE ELEMENTS IN RIVER WATERS AND SEDIMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER A MINING DAM BREACH (BENTO RODRIGUES, BRAZIL)

On November 5, 2015, the Fundão dam ruptured which caused the spill of a large quantity of tailings from the extraction of iron ores to the Gualaxo do Norte, Carmo and Doce Rivers. Seven months prior to the rupture, our group had collected water and sediment samples at 13 points along the Tripuí Cre...

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Main Authors: Danilo de C. Silva, Carlos R. Bellato, José de O. Marques Neto, Maurício P. F. Fontes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422018000800857&lng=en&tlng=en