The environmental risk posed by small dumps of complex arsenic, antimony, nickel and cobalt sulphides

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-95

  Trois, C ^a   Marcello, A ^b   Pretti, S ^b   Trois, P ^b   Rossi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Antimony; Arsenic; Contamination; Liquid effluents; Mine dumps; Nickel; Remediation; Sulphide minerals

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; LIQUID EFFLUENTS; MINE WASTE DUMPS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; MINING; NICKEL; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; COBALT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LEACHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NICKEL; PERCOLATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMEDIATION; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SULFIDE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 33845369780     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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