Leachate and enzyme bioassay toxicity assessment tests at the Tip Top Mine, a marginally impacted site

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 1314-1332

  Moehle, Jessica ^a   Ranville, James ^a   Choate, La Donna ^b   Wildeman, Thomas ^a   Ross, Philippe ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminated soils and sediments; Enzyme bioassay; Metal contamination; Mine wastes; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC TOXICITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; HIGH MOUNTAINS; IN-VITRO; LEACHATE SOLUTIONS; LEACHATE WATER; LEACHATES; LEACHING TEST; METAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL ENZYMES; MINE SITE; MINE-WASTES; MINING WASTE; REPRODUCIBILITIES; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STREAM WATER; TOXIC METALS; TOXIC RESPONSE; TOXICITY ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

BIOASSAY; DECISION TREES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES; LEACHING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; TESTING; TOXICITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 33847770929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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