Impacto ambiental de la minería en el devenir histórico de la comarca de Río Tinto (Huelva)

• J.C. Fernández Caliani ^[1] ; E. Galán ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad de Huelva

     Universidad de Huelva

     Huelva, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Sevilla

     Universidad de Sevilla

     Sevilla, España

     
• Localización: Geogaceta, ISSN 0213-683X, Nº. 20, 5, 1996, págs. 1168-1169
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Environmentai impact in the mining Rio Tinto area (SW Spain). A historical approach
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  • As a consequence of the large mining operations occurred at Ria Tinto area (SW Spain) since prehistoric times, forests were demolished, rivers were polluted by heavy metals, sulphates and suspended particles, air was polluted by So2 producing acid rains and human health problems, wastes (slags, pyrite ashes, and other leaching materials) were storaged as great mountains, and landscape turned wilderness and inhospitable with many abandoned mining factories and ghost villages. Today, environmental problems derived from this old situation and present activities are a challenge far the Administration, ecologists and society, since the Ria Tinto area is the most contamined of Spain.