Treatment of acid rock drainage in a meromictic mine pit lake

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-526

  Fisher, Timothy S R ^a   Lawrence, Gregory A ^b  

^a Tonkin & Taylor Hamilton   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Copper; Mine wastes; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; CANADA; MINE WASTES;

DRAINAGE;

COPPER; DRAINAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COPPER; MEROMICTIC LAKE; MINE WASTE; WATER POLLUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745076859     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:4(515)     Document Type: Article

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