Mobility and retention of trace elements in hardpan-cemented cassiterite tailings, north Queensland, Australia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 835-846

  Lottermoser, Bernd G ^a   Ashley, Paul M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Australia; Cemented layer; Geochemistry; Hardpan; Mineralogy; Sulfide oxidation; Tailings

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; TAILINGS; WETTING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AUSTRALIA; CEMENTED LAYER; HARDPAN; SULFIDE OXIDATION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CASSITERITE; CEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; MOBILITY; RETENTION; SULFATE; TAILINGS; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33746401943     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0255-8     Document Type: Article

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