Interaction of limestone grains and acidic solutions from the oxidation of pyrite tailings

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Simon M ^a   Martin F ^b   Garcia I ^a   Bouza, P ^c   Dorronsoro, C ^b   Aguilar, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Coatings; Element precipitation; Limestone; Pollutants; Tailings oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COATINGS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GYPSUM; LEAD; LIMESTONE; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PHASE COMPOSITION; TAILINGS; ZINC;

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; LIMESTONE GRAINS; PYRITE TAILINGS; SOLID PHASE;

PYRITES;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CALCIUM SULFATE; IRON; LEAD; LIMESTONE; PYRITE; ZINC;

LIMESTONE; LIMING; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ACIDITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; SOLID STATE; WEATHERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13444254213     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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