Mobilisation and attenuation of arsenic around gold mines, east Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-383

  Craw, D ^a   Chappell, D ^a   Reay, A ^a   Walls, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Attenuation; Gold; Mining; Pollution; Scorodite

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD; MINING; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTION;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO;

EID: 0033790621     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514894     Document Type: Article

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