Assessing Soil Quality in Areas Affected by Sulfide Mining. Application to Soils in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain)

The characterization, evaluation and remediation of polluted soils is one of the present environmental challenges to be addressed in the coming years. The origin of trace elements in soils can be either geogenic or anthropogenic, but only the latter is interesting from a legal point of view. The haz...

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Main Authors: Isabel González, Emilio Galán, Antonio Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-11-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/1/1/73