Aportaciones del Centro de Investigación para la Ingeniería en Minería Sostenible (CIPIMS) al conocimiento de la hidrogeoquímica de los ríos Tinto y Odiel
- M.L. de la Torre
- J.A. Grande
- T. Valente
- J. Loredo
- J. Borrego
- M. Santisteban
- J.C. Cerón
- J.M. Dávila
- J.C. Fortes
- P. Gómes
- I. Salmerón
- E. Pérez-Ostalé
- B. Carro
- J. Aroba
- J.M. Andujar
ISSN: 1576-5172
Year of publication: 2016
Issue Title: IX CONGRESO GEOLÓGICO DE ESPAÑA
Issue: 16
Pages: 107-110
Type: Article
More publications in: Geotemas (Madrid)
Abstract
Tinto river rises in the Peña del Hierro mine (SW Spain) and travels 100 km, draining a basin of 720 km2before flowing into the estuary of Ria de Huelva, where it joins the River Odiel. The River Odiel rises in Sierra de Aracena and loses its character 140 km river below. Severe pollution by acid mine drainage suffered by these rivers is due to the fact that their basins are crossed by the Iberian Pyrite Belt, which is one of the world's largest deposits of sulphides and where a lot of mines are abandoned without corrective measures. These rivers have been studied by national and international researchers. In this communication a summary of the main contributions of the Research Center for Sustainable Mining Engineering (CIPIMS) to the hydrogeochemical knowledge of both rivers is exposed