TY - JOUR AU - Oyarzun Muñoz, Roberto AU - Guevara, S. AU - Oyarzun, Jorge AU - Lillo, J. AU - Maturana, H. AU - Higueras, Pablo PY - 2006 DO - 10.1007/s10653-006-9045-1 SN - 0269-4042 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/119139 T2 - Environmental geochemistry and health AB - The Elqui watershed (northern Chile) constitutes a highly contaminated river system, with arsenic exceeding by up to three orders of magnitude the average for river waters. There are three main reasons that explain this contamination: (1) the regional... LA - eng M2 - 431 PB - Springer KW - Arsenic KW - Contamination KW - Waters KW - Mining KW - Elqui watershed KW - Chile TI - The As-Contaminated Elqui River Basin: a Long Lasting Perspective (1975–1995) Covering the Initiation and Development of Au–Cu–As Mining in the High Andes of Northern Chile TY - journal article VL - 28 ER -