Pilot tests of slurries for In situ remediation of pyrite weathering products

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Barnes, H L ^a   Gold, D P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acid neutralization; Acid rock drainage; Bauxsol; Brucite; Limestone; Pyrite oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; PH; PYRITES; REMEDIATION; SLURRIES; WEATHERING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; BRUCITE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; NEUTRALIZATION; OUTFLOW; OXIDATION; PYRITE; REMEDIATION; RHEOLOGY; SLURRY; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 42049088750     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.14.1.31     Document Type: Article

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