The character of the suspended and dissolved phases in the water cover of the flooded mine tailings at Stekenjokk, northern Sweden

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-31

  Holmström, Henning ^a   Ljungberg, Johan ^b   Öhlander, Björn ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SE 93681 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flooded mine tailings; Oxyhydroxides; Sulphides; Suspended phase

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MANGANESE OXIDE; SULFIDE;

DISSOLVED LOAD; MIXING; POND; SUSPENDED LOAD; TAILINGS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; MINING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SUSPENSION; SWEDEN; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SUSPENSIONS; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033984782     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00454-4     Document Type: Article

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