Mineral/water interactions in tailings from a tungsten mine, Mount Pleasant, New Brunswick

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2469-2483

  Petrunic, B M ^a   Al, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; POLLUTANT PROPERTY; POREWATER; SECONDARY MINERAL; TAILINGS; TUNGSTEN;

CANADA; MOUNT PLEASANT; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19044361853     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.10.031     Document Type: Article

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