Santos, E.S.Abreu, M.M.Ferreira, M.B.Magalhães, M.C.F.2010-12-162010-12-162010-01"Revista de Ciências Agrárias". ISSN 0871-018X. 33:1 (2010) 358-3660871-018Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/2710Several mining areas are abandoned in the Iberian pyrite belt (IPB) leading to important points of environmental contamination. The potential and immediate environmental risk and impact on public health of hazardous elements from soil can be estimated from availability analysis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the availability of Cu, Pb and Zn in São Domingos and Canal Caveira mining areas located in the IBP.porabandoned mineselements leachingelements partitioningjournal article