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Elemental and mineral inventory of tailing impoundments near Pezinok, Slovakia and possible courses of action for their remediation Cover

Elemental and mineral inventory of tailing impoundments near Pezinok, Slovakia and possible courses of action for their remediation

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|Feb 2011

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10002-010-0005-0 | Journal eISSN: 1899-8526 | Journal ISSN: 1899-8291
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 74
Published on: Feb 23, 2011
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2011 Juraj Majzlan, Björn Brecht, Bronislava Lalinská, Martin Chovan, Daniel Moravanský, Peter Uhlík, published by Mineralogical Society of Poland
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