Environmental impact of mining waste disposal on a tropical lowland river system: A case study on the Ok Tedi Mine, Papua New Guinea

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 280-291

  Hettler, J ^a   Irion, G ^b   Lehmann, B ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOODPLAIN; MINE WASTE; MINING WASTE; RIVER POLLUTION; TROPICS;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, FLY RIVER; PAPUA NEW GUINEA, OK TEDI MINE;

EID: 0030815668     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050093     Document Type: Article

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