The potential acid-producing capacity and factors controlling oxidation tailings in the Guryong mine, Korea

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1787-1797

  Moon, Yonghee ^a   Song, Yungoo ^a   Moon, Hi Soo ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid base accounting; Mineralogy; Neutralization; Particle; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACID GENERATING POTENTIAL; ACID NEUTRALIZATION POTENTIAL; ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; NET ACID GENERATION;

ABANDONED MINES;

ABANDONED MINE; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ION; NEUTRALIZATION; OXIDATION; PH; SAMPLING; TAILINGS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GURYONG MINE; KOREA; NORTH KYONGSANG; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 38749105492     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0784-9     Document Type: Article

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