Weathering kinetics of waste rock from the Aitik copper mine, Sweden: Scale dependent rate factors and pH controls in large column experiments

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 59-89

  Strömberg, Bo ^a   Banwart, Steven ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Column experiments; Heavy metals; Long term pH evolution; Mineral weathering; Mining waste; Sulphide minerals

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SULFIDE;

COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINING INDUSTRY; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENT; MINING; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SWEDEN; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WEATHER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0343695960     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7722(99)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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