A simplified method for estimation of jarosite and acid-forming sulfates in acid mine wastes

7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1070-1077

  Li, Jun ^a   Smart, Roger St C ^a   Schumann, Russell ^a   Levay, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 33846307235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06021070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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