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Heavy metal pollution in mine–soil–plant system in S. Francisco de Assis – Pana...
Candeias, Carla; Melo, Rita; Ávila, Paula Freire; Silva, Eduardo Ferreira da; Salgueiro, Ana Rita; Teixeira, João PauloThe active Panasqueira mine is a tin–tungsten (Sn–W) mineralization hosted by metasediments with quartz veins rich in ferberite. The economic exploitation has been focused on wolframite, cassiterite and chalcopyrite. The mineralization also comprises several sulphides, carbonates and silver sulphosalts. The mining and beneficiation processes produces arsenic-rich mine wastes laid up in huge tailings and open ai...
Acid mine drainage from the Panasqueira mine and its influence on Zêzere river ...
Candeias, Carla; Ávila, Paula Freire; Silva, Eduardo Ferreira da; Ferreira, Adelaide; Salgueiro, Ana Rita; Teixeira, João PauloThe Panasqueira hydrothermal mineralization, located in central Portugal, is the biggest Sn–W deposit of the Western Europe. The main evidences of the mining exploitation and ore treatment operations are testified with huge tailings, mainly, in the Rio and Barroca Grande areas. The mining and beneficiation processes, at the site, produces metal rich mine wastes. Oxidation of sulfides tailings and flow from open...
Quantitative–spatial assessment of soil contamination in S. Francisco de Assis ...
Silva, Eduardo Ferreira da; Ávila, Paula Freire; Salgueiro, Ana Rita; Candeias, Carla; Pereira, Henrique GarciaThrough the years, mining and beneficiation processes produces large amounts of As-rich mine wastes laid up in huge tailings and open-air impoundments (Barroca Grande and Rio tailings) that are the main source of pollution in the surrounding area once they are exposed to the weathering conditions leading to the formation of AMD and consequently to the contamination of the surrounding environments, in particular...
Potentially toxic elements dynamics in the soil rhizospheric-plant system in th...
Candeias, Carla; Ávila, Paula Freire; Sequeira, Cristina; Albuquerque, Manuel; Rocha, FernandoABSTRACT: Volcanic eruptions disturb directly and indirectly the ecosystems. Direct impact occurs on the soil-plant system with an input of new elements and indirect hazard occurs by consumption of these plants. Fogo island (Cape Verde Republic) has an active volcano and the last eruption occurred in 2014-15, expelling large amounts of materials that spread all over the island. Soils and edible plants were coll...
Potentially toxic elements dynamics in the soil rhizospheric-plant system in th...
Candeias, Carla; Ávila, Paula Freire; Sequeira, Cristina; Albuquerque, Manuel; Rocha, FernandoABSTRACT: Volcanic eruptions disturb directly and indirectly the ecosystems. Direct impact occurs on the soil-plant system with an input of new elements and indirect hazard occurs by consumption of these plants. Fogo island (Cape Verde Republic) has an active volcano and the last eruption occurred in 2014-15, expelling large amounts of materials that spread all over the island. Soils and edible plants were coll...
House dusts of a volcanic island: potential impacts on human health
Candeias, Carla; Ávila, Paula Freire; Cunha, Leandro; Sequeira, Cristina; Rocha, FernandoABSTRACT: Fogo island (Cape Verde), has an active volcano that last erupted in 2014-15, with melts mainly alkaline, of basanitic to tephritic composition. Dwellings dust composition is the result of natural and anthropogenic interactions. Nineteen house dusts were collected, in representative dwellings all over the island. Fractions < 2 mm was analyzed by ICP-MS, XRF and XRD and SEM for chemical, mineralogical,...
Metal(loids) bioaccessibility in road dust from the surrounding villages of an ...
Candeias, Carla; Ávila, Paula Freire; Silva, Ferreira Da; Rocha, FernandoABSTRACT: Human activities, in general, cause a significant impact on the environment and human health. The present study aims to characterize the road dust of villages located near an active mine and to assess metal(loids) bioaccessible fractions. From the collected road dust samples (<250 µm fraction), the pseudo total, gastric (G) and gastrointestinal (GI) phase (UBM assay) concentrations, mineralogical comp...
Dust Characterization and Its Potential Impact during the 2014-2015 Fogo Volcan...
Candeias, Carla; Ávila, Paula Freire; Alves, Célia; Gama, Carla; Sequeira, Cristina; Silva, E. Ferreira da; Rocha, FernandoABSTRACT: Fogo (Fogo Island) is the youngest and most active volcano of Cape Verde. The last eruption occurred in 2014-2015. Aiming to assess the dust sources that impacted the air quality during the present study period, fresh lava samples were collected, while Saharan dust intrusions and transport were modeled. Rooftop dust was also collected on the island dwellings and a mineralogical and chemical characteri...
Dust characterization and its potential impact during the 2014–2015 Fogo volcan...
Candeias, Carla; Ávila, Paula Freire; Alves, Célia; Gama, Carla; Sequeira, Cristina; Silva, Eduardo Ferreira da; Rocha, FernandoFogo (Fogo Island) is the youngest and most active volcano of Cape Verde. The last eruption occurred in 2014–2015. Aiming to assess the dust sources that impacted the air quality during the present study period, fresh lava samples were collected, while Saharan dust intrusions and transport were modeled. Rooftop dust was also collected on the island dwellings and a mineralogical and chemical characterization was...
Geochemical, mineralogical and morphological characterisation of road dust and ...
Candeias, Carla; Vicente, Estela; Tomé, Mário; Rocha, Fernando; Ávila, Paula Freire; Alves, CéliaABSTRACT: Road dust resuspension, especially the particulate matter fraction below 10 mu m (PM10), is one of the main air quality management challenges in Europe. Road dust samples were collected from representative streets (suburban and urban) of the city of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. PM10 emission factors (mg veh(-1) km(-1)) ranging from 49 (asphalt) to 330 (cobble stone) were estimated by means of the Unite...