Post-rehabilitation environmental hazard of Cu, Zn, As and Pb at the derelict Conrad Mine, eastern Australia

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 491-500

  Gore, Damian B ^a   Preston, Nicholas J ^a   Fryirs, Kirstie A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid Mine Drainage; Chemostratigraphy; Fluvial geomorphology; Hydraulics; Leaching; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; HYDRAULICS; LEACHING; LEAD; MINES; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHIC SETTING;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ARSENIC; COPPER; LEAD; SILVER; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LEACHING; LEAD; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; NEW SOUTH WALES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34249653098     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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