The Amazon gold rush and environmental mercury contamination [electronic resource] / Daniel Marcos Bonotto and Ene Gloria da Silveira.

By: Bonotto, Daniel Marcos, 1957-Contributor(s): Silveira, Ene Gloria da | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Environmental science, engineering and technology seriesPublication details: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009Description: vi, 131 p. : ill., maps (some col.)ISBN: 9781613240816 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): 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 conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 628.1/683098 LOC classification: TD196.M38 | B655 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The mercury use during the Amazaon gold rush -- Mercury in the environment -- The Madeira River Basin at Rondonia State, Brazil -- Measuring mercury -- Mercury and other parameters in waters of Madeira River -- Hydrochemical relationships in Madeira River -- Mercury and other parameters in rocks, suspended solids and sediments from Madeira River -- The mobility of mercury and other elements in the Madeira River -- Mercury in lake sediments from Madeira River Basin -- The association of mercury and selenium in sediments from Madeira River Basin -- Mercury in fishes from Madeira River Basin -- The future challenges.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The mercury use during the Amazaon gold rush -- Mercury in the environment -- The Madeira River Basin at Rondonia State, Brazil -- Measuring mercury -- Mercury and other parameters in waters of Madeira River -- Hydrochemical relationships in Madeira River -- Mercury and other parameters in rocks, suspended solids and sediments from Madeira River -- The mobility of mercury and other elements in the Madeira River -- Mercury in lake sediments from Madeira River Basin -- The association of mercury and selenium in sediments from Madeira River Basin -- Mercury in fishes from Madeira River Basin -- The future challenges.

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