Environmental assessment of copper–gold–mercury mining in the Andacollo and Punitaqui districts, northern Chile

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  2004

• Venue

  Applied Geochemistry

• Publication date

  2004-11-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.APGEOCHEM.2004.04.001
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