Acid drainage reassessment of mining tailings, Black Swan Nickel Mine, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 661-667

  Lei, Liangqi ^a,b   Watkins, Ron ^b  

^a GUILIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DRAINAGE; ACID-BASE ACCOUNTING; ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; GOUGE MINERALS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; INFILTRATION; MINES; OXIDATION; SURFACE WATERS;

TAILINGS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MINE WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TAILINGS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLACK SWAN MINE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KALGOORLIE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 13244249984     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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