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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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
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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 |