Temporal variation and the effect of rainfall on metals flux from the historic Beatson mine, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-278

  Stillings, Lisa L ^a   Foster, Andrea L ^b   Koski, Randolph A ^b   Munk, LeeAnn ^c   Shanks III, Wayne C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER MINES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ECOSYSTEMS;

METAL CONCENTRATION; SEEPAGE WATERS;

RAIN;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COLLOID; COPPER; DILUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEAD; MINE DRAINAGE; ORE DEPOSIT; PH; PILE; SEEPAGE; SHORELINE; SOLUBILITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); STREAMWATER; SULFIDE GROUP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849139127     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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