Water contamination and remedial measures at the Troya abandoned Pb-Zn mine (The Basque Country, Northern Spain)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 800-806

  Iribar, V ^a   Izco, F ^b   Tames, P ^b   Antiguedad I ^a   Da Silva, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic wetlands; Decontamination; Mine drainage; Natural attenuation; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; COPPER LEAD ZINC MINES; DECONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; MINE FLOODING; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

AEROBIC WETLANDS; MINE ADIT; MINE DRAINAGE; NATURAL ATTENUATION; TROYA ABANDONED MINES;

ABANDONED MINES;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINE DRAINAGE; PYRITE; TAILINGS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0034193737     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050496     Document Type: Article

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