Mitigation of alkaline mine drainage in a natural wetland system

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2006, Pages 115-124

  Kelly, J ^a   Champagne, P ^b   Michel, F ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid producing bacteria; Alkaline mine drainage; Heavy metals; Iron reducing bacteria; Phytoremediation; Sequential extraction; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Typha latifolia; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION; ANGIOSPERM; BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEAVY METAL; MINE WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFIDE; TAILINGS; WETLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 36148929414     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/GEO060121     Document Type: Article

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