Acid mine drainage arising from gold mining activity in Johannesburg, South Africa and environs

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-40

  Naicker, K ^a   Cukrowska, E ^a   McCarthy, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Chemometric; Gold mining

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; MINING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDOX REACTIONS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDIFICATION; CO-PRECIPITATION;

GOLD MINES;

GOLD; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; SURFACE WATER; ACID; WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; GOLD MINE; HEAVY METAL; SOIL WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; EVAPORATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; OXIDATION KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOUTH AFRICA; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION; METABOLISM; MINING; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; JOHANNESBURG; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACIDS; GOLD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0038147056     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00281-6     Document Type: Article

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