The role of efflorescent sulfates in the storage of trace elements in stream waters polluted by acid mine-drainage: The case of Peña del Hierro, Southwestern Spain

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1431-1446

  Romero, Antonio ^a   González, Isabel ^a   Galán, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Efflorescent sulfates; Environmental pollution; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Rare earth elements; Spain; Sulfate geochemistry; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EFFLORESCENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACID MINE-DRAINAGE; EFFLORESCENT SULFATES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SPAIN; SULFATE GEOCHEMISTRY;

SULFATE MINERALS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; STREAMWATER; SULFATE GROUP; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846947910     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.6.1431     Document Type: Article

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