The geochemistry of rare earth elements (REE) in acid mine drainage from the Sitai coal mine, Shanxi Province, North China

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 184-192

  Zhao, Fenghua ^a,b   Cong, Zhiyuan ^c   Sun, Hongfu ^a   Ren, Deyi ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Rare earth elements (REEs); Sitai coal mine; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; PRECIPITATE SAMPLES;

DRAINAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

COAL MINES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL MINE; GEOCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI;

EID: 33846987523     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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