Passive mine water treatment at the former Wheal Jane tin mine, Cornwall: Important biogeochemical and microbiological lessons

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-220

  Hallberg, Kevin B ^a   Johnson, D Barrie ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acidophiles; Bioremediation; Constructed wetland; Iron oxidation; Manganese removal; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; LIME; MINE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; LIMING; WATER TREATMENT;

ENGLAND (CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY); UNITED KINGDOM; WHEAL JANE MINE;

ALGAE;

EID: 0042065414     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.817     Document Type: Article

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