The Amazon rush gold and environmental mercury contamination
By: Daniel Marcos Bonotto.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY, USA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781607416098
Subjects: Mercury -- Environmental aspects -- Madeira River Watershed (Brazil and Bolivia); Gold mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Amazon River Region; Madeira River Watershed (Brazil and Bolivia) -- Environmental conditions
Genres: Environmental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The mercury use during the Amazaon gold rush; title: Mercury in the environment; title: The Madeira River Basin at Rondônia State, Brazil; title: Measuring mercury; title: Mercury and other parameters in waters of Madeira River; title: Hydrochemical relationships in Madeira River; title: Mercury and other parameters in rocks, suspended solids and sediments from Madeira River; title: The mobility of mercury and other elements in the Madeira River; title: Mercury in lake sediments from Madeira River Basin; title: The association of mercury and selenium in sediments from Madeira River Basin; title: Mercury in fishes from Madeira River Basin; title: The future challenges.