Acid mine drainage composition and the implications for its impact on lotic systems

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2122-2134

  Gray, N F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Mining waste water; River pollution; Sulphate; Zn:Cu ratio

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SAMPLING; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ZINC TO COPPER RATIO;

DRAINAGE;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; RUNOFF; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; ZINC;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; HEAVY METAL; RIVER WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; IRELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

IRELAND;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0032127663     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00449-1     Document Type: Article

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