Temporal variations in the chemistry of circum-neutral drainage from the 10-Level portal, Myra Mine, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 415-435

  Desbarats, Alexandre J ^a   Dirom, Gavin C ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STREAM FLOW; SULFIDE MINERALS;

METAL LOADINGS; MINE DECOMMISSIONING; PORTAL DISCHARGE RATE; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

DRAINAGE;

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; BASE METAL; CALCITE; CHALCOPYRITE; DISCHARGE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MINE DRAINAGE; PH; PYRITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SPHALERITE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MYRA MINE; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

MYRA;

EID: 33846615895     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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