Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on environmental impacts from waste rock at Taojiang Mn-ore deposit, central Hunan, China

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1277-1296

  Peng, Bo ^a   Piestrzynski, Adam ^b   Pieczonka, Jadwiga ^b   Xiao, Meilian ^c   Wang, Yaozhu ^a   Xie, Shurong ^a   Tang, Xiaoyan ^a   Yu, Changxun ^a   Song, Zhi ^c  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Black shale; Chemical weathering; Environmental impact; Heavy metals; Taojiang Mn ore deposit; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE DEPOSITS; MINERALOGY; SULFIDE MINERALS; WEATHERING; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

BLACK SHALES; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; WASTE ROCKS;

ROCKS;

BLACK SHALE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN; TAOJIANG;

EID: 34250612677     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0567-8     Document Type: Article

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