Geochemistry of leachates from the El Fraile sulfide tailings piles in Taxco, Guerrero, southern Mexico

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-255

  Mendoza, Oscar T ^a   Hernández, Ma Aurora A ^b   Abundis, José García ^a   Mundo, Nestor Flores ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Arsenic; Fe oxyhydroxides; Heavy metals; Leachates; Mexico; Speciation

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; IMPOUNDMENT; LEACHATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TAILINGS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; MEXICO; MINING; WATER POLLUTANT;

GEOLOGY; MEXICO; MINING; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXCOCO;

EID: 33745025979     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-005-9037-6     Document Type: Article

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