Groundwater and surface water contamination in the area of the Hitura nickel mine, Western Finland

Environmental Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-329

  Heikkinen, Paivi M ^a,b   Korkka Niemi, K ^a   Lahti, M ^b,c   Salonen, V P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Suomen Malmi Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Groundwater contamination; Mine drainage; Nickel mine tailings; Surface water contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MINING; NICKEL; SURFACE WATERS; TAILINGS; WATER QUALITY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MINE WASTE; NICKEL; SURFACE WATER; TAILINGS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0036664383     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-002-0525-z     Document Type: Article

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