Geochemistry of perched water in an abandoned underground mine, Butte, Montana

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-123

  Gammons, Christopher H ^a  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Butte; Geochemistry; Mine water; Rhodochrosite; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746923467     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-006-0119-1     Document Type: Article

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