Effects of acidic recharge on groundwater at the St. Kevin Gulch site, Leadville, Colorado

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-14

  Paschke, Suzanne S ^c   Harrison, Wendy J ^a   Walton Day, Katherine ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; REDOX REACTIONS; RUNOFF; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WETLANDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COPPER CONCENTRATION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GROUND WATER SYSTEMS; IRON-REDUCING CONDITIONS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; SULPHATE CONCENTRATIONS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

EID: 0039740107     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem.1.1.3     Document Type: Article

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