La geología de Asturias a través de las Topografías Médicas The geology of Asturias through Medical Topographies

Abstract

Resumen: Se describe la aportación de médicos rurales a la divulgación de la geología asturiana. Evidentemente, aunque el grado de conocimiento geológico de sus autores no era el adecuado para hacer grandes aportaciones, colaboraron eficientemente, con la ayuda de la incipiente bibliografía disponible en aquella época, a popularizar esta rama científica. En este artículo se analizan brevemente los capítulos dedicados a la geología de las 19 Topografías Médicas escritas sobre concejos de Asturias que fueron galardonadas con el Premio García Roël. Quedan sin valorar 24 manuscritos no publicados, en su mayoría anónimos, que se conservan en las Reales Academias Nacionales de Medicina de Madrid y Barcelona.Palabras clave: Geología, Topografía Médica, siglos xix y xx, Asturias.Abstract: This article describes the contribution of rural doctors to the spread of knowledge on Asturian geology. Although the degree of geological competence of the authors was, obviously, not sufficiently developed to make major contributions, with the help of the available literatura they collaborated to popularizing this branch of science. This paper contains brief analyses of the chapters devoted to geology in 19 Medical Topographies on Asturian municipalities that were awarded the García Roël Prize. There are 24 other unpublished manuscripts, mostly anonymous, that remain for future address in the archives of the Royal National Academies for Medicine of Madrid and Barcelona.Keywords: Geology, Medical Topographies, xix and xx centuries, Asturias.

Geochemical and environmental assessment of potential effects of trace elements in soils, water, and sediments around abandoned mining sites in the northern Iberian Peninsula (NW Spain)

“…Its distribution can be observed as follows: it is limits to the north with Llanes, to the south with the provinces of Cantabria and Castilla y León, to the east with Peñamellera Alta, and to the west with Onís. Its capital is Carreña, with a total of 2543 inhabitants, according to the last census conducted in 2017, with an approximate area of 237.76 km 2 [ 20 ] .…”

“…Different streams feed the Cares, such as Duje, Poncebos, and the Bulnes or Texu river, which is located a few meters before. The Oscuro and Ribeles rivers do the same with the Casaño, as well as the streams of La Ría, Miñón, Cabrales, and Vaniella, among others [ 20 , 21 ].…”

Contribution of fluorite mining waste to mercury contamination in coastal systems

“…Fluorite mining in the basin of Vega River, which flows into Vega beach, started in 1957 (Gutiérrez-Claverol, 2009). From 1974 to 1989, silty-sand waste from fluorite processing (mainly obtained by flotation, see Boaretto et al, 2018;Zhang et al, 2018 and references therein) was released onto Vega beach (Gutiérrez-Claverol, 2009).…”

“…Fluorite mining in the basin of Vega River, which flows into Vega beach, started in 1957 (Gutiérrez-Claverol, 2009). From 1974 to 1989, silty-sand waste from fluorite processing (mainly obtained by flotation, see Boaretto et al, 2018;Zhang et al, 2018 and references therein) was released onto Vega beach (Gutiérrez-Claverol, 2009). From the 1990s until now, the discharge has been done through a marine outfall that was initially located 660 m away from the low tide line but is now 1000 m away (isobaths 15 and 22 m respectively).…”