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Silver Mining

Silver Mining is an economic activity within the colonial extractive industries that involves the systematic extraction and processing of silver from mineral deposits, distinguished by its central role in financing imperial economies and shaping global trade networks during the early modern period.

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18.3K

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1.1K

Authors

476

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2017–2026

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Publications

467

Greenland Ice Evidence of Hemispheric Lead Pollution Two Millennia Ago by Greek and Roman Civilizations

Sungmin Hong, Jean‐Pierre Candelone, Clair C. Patterson et al. · Science · 1994 · 702 citations

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Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon: Global Prices, Deforestation, and Mercury Imports

Jennifer J. Swenson, Catherine E. Carter, Jean‐Christophe Domec et al. · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 395 citations · Full text

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Clean artisanal gold mining: a utopian approach?

Jennifer Hinton, Marcello M. Veiga, Alexandre Veiga · Journal of Cleaner Production · 2002 · 329 citations

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Earth's global Ag, Al, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, and Zn cycles

Jason N. Rauch, Józef M. Pacyna · Global Biogeochemical Cycles · 2009 · 321 citations

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Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity

Joseph R. McConnell, Andrew Wilson, A. Stohl et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 302 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.1K

  1. TR
    Thilo Rehren

    University College London, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 191 citations

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  2. OC
    Oktay Celep

    Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye

    7 publications · 315 citations

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  3. MM
    Marcello M. Veiga

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    6 publications · 771 citations

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  4. FA
    Francis Albarède

    École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France

    5 publications · 161 citations

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  5. GS
    G. Scott Davis

    École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France

    5 publications · 181 citations

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Institutions

476

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Central South University

    Changsha, China

    8 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    865 citations

  4. Karadeniz Technical University

    Trabzon, Türkiye

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    733 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    29 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    296 citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Economic Geology

    24 publications · 874 citations

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  2. Hydrometallurgy

    20 publications · 954 citations

    16

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  3. Hispanic American Historical Review

    HAHR · 15 publications · 564 citations

    13

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  4. Mineralium Deposita

    14 publications · 303 citations

    11

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  5. Ore Geology Reviews

    11 publications · 542 citations

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