Negative pH, efflorescent mineralogy, and consequences for environmental restoration at the iron mountain superfund site, California

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3455-3462

  Nordstrom, D Kirk ^a   Alpers, Charles N ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCANTHITE; COPIAPITE; COQUIMBITE; HALOTRICHITE; MELANTERITE; MINERAL; RHOMBOCLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAITE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033616562     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.7.3455     Document Type: Article

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