Geochemistry and stable isotope composition of the Berkeley pit lake and surrounding mine waters, Butte, Montana

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2116-2137

  Pellicori, Damon A ^a,c   Gammons, Christopher H ^a   Poulson, Simon R ^b  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Montana Dept Nat Rsrc Conserv   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MINE SHAFTS; MINES; PYRITES; SPRINGS (WATER);

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINE WATER; MINE WORKINGS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE; MINE DRAINAGE;

BUTTE; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26444598428     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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