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Wasted Critical Raw Materials: a Polluted Environmental Scenario as Potential Source of Economic Interest Elements in the Spanish Part of the Iberian Pyrite Belt
This paper explores the possibility of using the lixiviates generated by sulphide mining in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) as a source of economic...
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Pyrite ore cargo spills as a source of soil pollution and ecological risk along the abandoned railway corridors of the Tharsis and Rio Tinto mines (Spain)
Abandoned mining railways are a prominent legacy environmental issue facing many metalliferous regions with a long mining history. However, there is...
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Biogeochemical indicators (waters/diatoms) of acid mine drainage pollution in the Odiel river (Iberian Pyritic Belt, SW Spain)
Odiel river basin is located in the Iberian Pyritic Belt (IPB) and mostly of its tributaries are severely affected by acid mine drainage (AMD). It is...
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The use of copper isotopes for understanding metal transfer mechanisms within the continuum mine—river—dam (Huelva Region, Spain)
Mining areas and in particular those containing massive sulfides have left a heavy environmental legacy with soils and hydrographic networks highly...
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Application of Fuzzy Logic Techniques for Biogeochemical Characterization of Dams Affected by Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Processes in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), Spain
Water is one of the receptors media more affected by the environmental impacts, especially caused by mining sulfides exploitation. Acid mine drainage...
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Map** the spatial variability of rainfall from a physiographic-based multilinear regression: model development and application to the Southwestern Iberian Peninsula
A physiographic-based multilinear regression model supported by GIS was developed to estimate spatial rainfall variability in the Southwest Iberian...
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Seasonal impact of acid mine drainage on water quality and potential ecological risk in an old sulfide exploitation
Sulfides are usually associated with deposits of metals and coal. The reactive wastes from their exploitation, typically stored in piles and tailings...
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Physical–Chemical Characterization of the Neves Corvo Extractive Mine Residues: A Perspective Towards Future Mining and Reprocessing of Sulfidic Tailings
Neves Corvo is an underground high-grade Cu–(Sn)–Zn mine, located in the Portuguese part of the world-class Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), which is...
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A review: The formation, prevention, and remediation of acid mine drainage
In abandoned open-pit coal mines, surface water and groundwater form acidic waters with high concentrations of metal ions due to chemical...
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River Inputs of Metals and Arsenic
This chapter deals with the inputs of dissolved heavy metals and arsenic by rivers to the Mediterranean Sea. It is divided into three parts. The...
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Global trends and future prospects of acid mine drainage research
The uncontrolled release of acid mine drainage (AMD) results in the ongoing deterioration of groundwater and surface water, along with harmful...
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Differential sensitivity of aquatic life stages of Pelophylax perezi to an acidic metal-contaminated effluent
Acid mine drainage (AMD) involves complex mixtures of metals and hydrogen ions that can be highly toxic to the biota. Assessing the effects of AMD to...
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Phytoaccumulation of trace elements (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn) by Nicotiana glauca and Euphorbia segetalis growing in a Technosol developed on legacy mine wastes (Domingo Rubio wetland, SW Spain)
Sulfidic mine wastes have the potential to generate acid mine drainage (AMD) and release acid leachates containing high levels of iron, sulfate and...
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Pollution status and risk assessment of trace elements in Portuguese water, soils, sediments, and associated biota: a trend analysis from the 80s to 2021
Pollution of water bodies and sediments/soils by trace elements remains a global threat and a serious environmental hazard to biodiversity and...
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Tectonic fracturing and paleostress reconstruction in the Tazekka Variscan massif (Morocco): implications for magmatic processes
The Tazekka Variscan massif is formed by Meso-Cenozoic cover unconformably overlying the Paleozoic rocks recording polyphase tectonic stages...
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The interaction of heavy metals and metalloids in the soil–plant system in the São Domingos mining area (Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal)
São Domingos belongs among the most important historic Iberian Pyrite Belt Cu mines. The anthrosoil is contaminated by a very high content of heavy...
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Is it healthy urban agriculture? Human exposure to potentially toxic elements in urban gardens from Andalusia, Spain
Different vegetable species and topsoils were collected from different urban gardens of Seville, Cordoba, and Huelva (South Spain) and from two small...
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Potential effects of exploiting the Yunfu pyrite mine (southern China) on soil: evidence from analyzing trace elements in surface soil
Trace element contamination caused by mining is a serious environmental problem. The potential effects of exploiting the Yunfu pyrite mine (southern...
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Potential of industrial by-products and wastes from the Iberian Peninsula as carbon sources for sulphate-reducing bacteria
Industrial by-products and wastes from Portugal and Spain were tested for the first time as carbon sources/electron donors for sulphate-reducing...
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Oral and inhalation bioaccessibility of mercury in contaminated soils and potential health risk to the kidneys and neurodevelopment of children in Taiwan
Health risk assessments of exposure to mercury (Hg) from soils via ingestion and inhalation are indispensable for Taiwanese people living in the...
