Environmental consequences of acid mine-drainage from Davis pyrite mine, Rowe, Massachusetts

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-120

  Bloom, Jessica E ^a   Yuretich, Richard F ^b   Gál, Nora E ^c  

^a Daniel B Stephens and Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Hungarian Geological Survey   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MINE WASTE; MINERALIZATION; ORDOVICIAN; ORE BODY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PYRITE; RUNOFF; SULFATE; TRACE METAL;

DAVIS MINE; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250007428     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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