Oxygen-18 and deuterium fingerprinting of tailings seepage at the sullivan mine

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 168-182

  Allen, D M ^a   Voormeij, D A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Stable isotopes; Tailings evaporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944283772     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102300200041     Document Type: Article

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