Processes controlling trace-metal transport in surface water contaminated by acid-mine drainage in the Ducktown Mining District, Tennessee

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 221-232

  Lee, Giehyeon ^a   Faure, Gunter ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Ducktown Mining District; Ferric hydroxide; Suspended sediment; Trace metal transport

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATES; SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; DUCKTOWN MINING DISTRICT; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL TRANSPORT;

CONTAMINATION;

ALUMINUM; COBALT; COPPER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATES; SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; IRON HYDROXIDE; PH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SORPTION; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACE METAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PH; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS CONTROL; SUSPENSION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT;

BURRA BURRA CREEK; DUCKTOWN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH POTATO CREEK; POLK COUNTY [TENNESSEE]; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 35048863935     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9479-9     Document Type: Article

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