Dynamics of arsenic in the mining sites of Pine Creek Geosyncline, Northern Australia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 379, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 201-215

  Eapaea, Miro Peter ^a,c   Parry, David ^a   Noller, Barry ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Ok Tedi Mining Ltd Tabubil   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Arsenic, Speciation, Selective extraction, Mine wastes, Tropical weathering, Iron organic material dispersion retention

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; MINING; SOIL POLLUTION;

MINE WASTES; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SPECIATION; TROPICAL WEATHERING;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ARSENIC; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MINERAL;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISPERSION; IRON; MINERALIZATION; MINING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SOIL POLLUTION; TAILINGS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORAL REEF; EVAPORATION; MINERALIZATION; MINING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOLD; IRON; MINING; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COPPERFIELD LAKE; MCKINLAY RIVER; MOUNT BUNDEY; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 34248591068     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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