Acid mine drainage and acid rock drainage processes in the environment of Herrerías Mine (Iberian Pyrite Belt, Huelva-Spain) and impact on the Andevalo Dam

Environmental Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-196

  Grande, J A ^a   Beltran R ^b   Sainz A ^a   Santos, J C ^b   De La Torre, M L ^a   Borrego, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b Centro de diagnóstico de enfermedades moleculares   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acid rock drainage; Heavy metals; Iberian Pyrite Belt

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DATA REDUCTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MINES; PH EFFECTS; RAIN; ROCKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; CONFLUENT CHANNEL; RAINFALL DATA;

DRAINAGE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; HEAVY METAL; PH; SULFATE;

ANDALUCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 12844285255     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-004-1142-9     Document Type: Article

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