Impact of metallurgy tailings in a major European fluvial-estuarine system: Trajectories and resilience over seven decades

J Schäfer, A Coynel, G Blanc - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Tailings containing mining and ore treatment waste, accumulated over long time periods are
major contaminant sources at the watershed scale and may seriously impair environmental …

Long-term survey of heavy-metal pollution, biofilm contamination and diatom community structure in the Riou Mort watershed, South-West France

S Morin, TT Duong, A Dabrin, A Coynel, O Herlory… - Environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
In a metal-polluted stream in the Riou Mort watershed in SW France, periphytic biofilm was
analyzed for diatom cell densities and taxonomic composition, dry weight and metal bio …

Zn isotopes as tracers of anthropogenic pollution from Zn-ore smelters The Riou Mort–Lot River system

Y Sivry, J Riotte, JE Sonke, S Audry, J Schäfer, J Viers… - Chemical …, 2008 - Elsevier
Zn isotopes were used to trace the anthropogenic sources in the Lot watershed (Aveyron,
SW France) where a small river, the Riou Mort drains an industrial exploitation of zinc ore …

Contamination of surface waters by mining wastes in the Milluni Valley (Cordillera Real, Bolivia): Mineralogical and hydrological influences

MM Salvarredy-Aranguren, A Probst, M Roulet… - Applied …, 2008 - Elsevier
This study is one of very few dealing with mining waste contamination in high altitude,
tropical-latitude areas exploited during the last century. Geochemical, mineralogical and …

Assessment of metal contamination, bioavailability, toxicity and bioaccumulation in extreme metallic environments (Iberian Pyrite Belt) using Corbicula fluminea

E Bonnail, AM Sarmiento, TA DelValls, JM Nieto… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Iberian Peninsula) has intense mining activity.
Currently, its fluvial networks receive extremely acid lixiviate residue discharges that are rich …

Geochemical signals and source contributions to heavy metal (Cd, Zn, Pb, Cu) fluxes into the Gironde Estuary via its major tributaries

M Masson, G Blanc, J Schäfer - Science of the total Environment, 2006 - Elsevier
Daily measurements of water discharges and suspended particulate matter (SPM)
concentrations and monthly sampling for trace element analyses (Cd, Zn, Pb and Cu) were …

Experimental toxicity and bioaccumulation of cadmium in freshwater periphytic diatoms in relation with biofilm maturity

TT Duong, S Morin, M Coste, O Herlory… - Science of the total …, 2010 - Elsevier
A study was undertaken to examine cadmium accumulation in freshwater biofilm, its effects
on biofilm development and on diatom community structure in laboratory experimental …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of mine waters on chemical composition of soil in the Partizansk Coal Basin, Russia

O Arefieva, AV Nazarkina, NV Gruschakova… - International Soil and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Partizansk Coal Basin, located in the south of the Russian Far Eastern Region, was
intensively mined from 1918 until 1998. Although it was mostly explored by underground …

Environmental assessment of heavy metal pollution in the polymetallic district of Kef Oum Teboul (El Kala, Northeast Algeria)

LH Arab, A Boutaleb, D Berdous - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to focus on the environmental assessment
of heavy metals in the abandoned mining district of Kef Oum Teboul (KOT), which is located …

Post-depositional redistribution of trace metals in reservoir sediments of a mining/smelting-impacted watershed (the Lot River, SW France)

S Audry, C Grosbois, H Bril, J Schäfer, J Kierczak… - Applied …, 2010 - Elsevier
Mining/smelting wastes and reservoir sediment cores from the Lot River watershed were
studied using mineralogical (XRD, SEM–EDS, EMPA) and geochemical (redox dynamics …