Sulfide oxidation and distribution of metals near abandoned copper mines in coastal environments, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-254

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

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COPPER MINES; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; METAL CONTAMINATION;

METALS;

BASE METAL; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COPPER; JAROSITE; MARINE POLLUTION; MINE; OXIDATION; PH; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEEPAGE; STORM DEPOSIT; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

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

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 38849168271     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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