Schwertmannite and the chemical modeling of iron in acid sulfate waters

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2111-2121

  Bigham, J M ^a   Schwertmann, U ^b   Traina, S J ^a   Winland, R L ^a   Wolf, M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; FERRIHYDRITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOETHITE; IRON; OCHREOUS SEDIMENT; SCHWERTMANNITE;

EID: 0030475910     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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