Do Old Mining Areas Represent an Environmental Problem and Health Risk? A Critical Discussion through a Particular Case
A bibliographic review was carried out to establish the state of knowledge of a mining area with several centuries of exploitation and currently abandoned. The selected case study, the Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Union (Spain), has a long history of mining activity, ending in 1990. The area is ric...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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Series: | Minerals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/6/594 |