Long-term effects of submergence and wetland vegetation on metals in a 90-year old abandoned Pb-Zn mine tailings pond

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-345

  Jacob, Donna L ^a   Otte, Marinus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfides; Glyceria fluitans; Metal mobility; Tailings; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; FLOODS; LEAD; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); TAILINGS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS; ZINC;

PONDS; WETLAND VEGETATION;

LAKES;

ARSENIC; IRON; LEAD; METAL DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; SULFATE; ZINC;

COLONIZATION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; POND; TAILINGS;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FLOODING; MINING; OXIDATION; PLANT; POLLUTION; POND; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION; VOLATILIZATION; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINING; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

GLYCERIA; GLYCERIA FLUITANS;

EID: 2942618850     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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