Iron speciation and mineral characterization of contaminated sediments by coal mining drainage in Neath Canal, South Wales, United Kingdom

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 463-474

  Zheng, Guodong ^a,b,c   Kuno, Akihito ^d   Mahdi, Talib A ^b   Evans, David J ^e   Miyahara, Masaaki ^c,f   Takahashi, Yoshio ^c   Matsuo, Motoyuki ^d   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Carbonation; Coal mining drainage; Iron oxide; Neath canal sediments

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL MINING; IRON OXIDE; MINE DRAINAGE; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EURASIA; EUROPE; NEATH CANAL; SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38549089582     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.463     Document Type: Article

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