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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Main Authors: Salvadora Martínez-López, María José Martínez-Sánchez, Carmen Pérez-Sirvent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/6/594