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Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining
Lacerda, Luiz Drude De; Salomons, Wim
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Description for Mercury from Gold and Silver Mining
Paperback. Series: Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Science. Num Pages: 157 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, 29 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PNV; RBGB; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 254.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
Series
Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Science
Number of Pages
147
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642637346
SKU
V9783642637346
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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