Minerals and mine drainage

Water Environment Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 631-637

  Smith, Daniel P ^a   Young, Lorin G ^b   Holtzen, Mark L ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METALS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MINERALS; MINES; TOXICITY;

BIOAVAILABILITY ESTIMATION; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL METHODS;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT;

LAKE WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; EUTROPHICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031171543     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143097X134939     Document Type: Review

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