Transport and sediment-water partitioning of trace metals in acid mine drainage: An example from the abandoned Kwangyang Au-Ag mine area, South Korea

Environmental Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 437-449

  Jung, Hun Bok ^a   Yun, Seong Taek ^a   Mayer, Bernhard ^b   Kim, Soon Oh ^c   Park, Seong Sook ^a   Lee, Pyeong Koo ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

0.1 N HCl extraction; Acid mine drainage; Distribution coefficient; Kwangyang mine, South Korea; Sequential extraction; Stream sediment; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS;

0.1 N HCL EXTRACTION; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; KWANGUANG MINE, SOUTH KOREA; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; STREAM SEDIMENT; TRACE METALS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; GOLD; RIVER POLLUTION; SILVER; TRACE METAL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KWANGYANG; SOUTH CHOLLA; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 26944489088     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-1257-7     Document Type: Article

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