Toxic mine drainage from Asia's biggest copper mine at Malanjkhand, India

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-248

  Pandey, Piyush Kant ^a   Sharma, Richa ^a   Roy, Manju ^a   Pandey, Madhurima ^a  

^a BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Benthic macro invertebrates; Copper mining; Enrichment factor; Heavy metal contamination; Toxic mine drainage

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BASE METAL; BIOMONITORING; COPPER; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINING; TAILINGS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDIA; MINING; PLANT; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODIVERSITY; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; MALANJKHAND; SOUTH ASIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34248389727     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9079-4     Document Type: Article

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