Magnitudes, spatial scales and processes of environmental antimony mobility from orogenic gold-antimony mineral deposits, Australasia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 499-507

  Ashley, P M ^a   Craw, D ^b   Tighe, M K ^a   Wilson, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antimony; Australia; Environmental contamination; Mine; New Zealand; River

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; GOLD; GROUNDWATER; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINES; RIVERS;

AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; METASEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES; NEW ZEALAND;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIMONY; DRAINAGE WATER; GOLD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINE DRAINAGE; MOBILIZATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; POINT SOURCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 37849189429     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0346-6     Document Type: Article

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