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Mercury transfer and transformation from mine soil to river sediments: the potential role of amorphous iron oxides in methylation processes in southern Burkina Faso
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Mercury transfer and transformation from mine soil to river sediments: the potential role of amorphous iron oxides in methylation processes in southern Burkina Faso

D. Dabré, Stéphane Guédron, Y. Maïga, S. Jelavic, S. Campillo, Jonathan Fin, S. Sentenac, Odile Bruneel, O. Ouédraogo et R. Mason
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Vol.27(10), p.3246-3260
Environmental Science : Processes and Impacts
2025

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Burkina Faso Pollution Formations superficielles 021 ; 064 ; 038
Artisanal gold mining in Burkina Faso contaminates soil with mercury (Hg). Once eroded into rivers, Hg bound to amorphous iron oxides is likely to undergo methylation.

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