Field application of calcite Dispersed Alkaline Substrate (calcite-DAS) for passive treatment of acid mine drainage with high Al and metal concentrations

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1660-1674

  Rötting, Tobias S ^a,b   Caraballo, Manuel A ^c   Serrano, José A ^c   Ayora, Carlos ^a   Carrera, Jesús ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAVY METALS; IRON ALLOYS; PRECIPITATES; REMEDIATION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); CALCITE DISPERSED ALKALINE SUBSTRATE (CALCITE-DAS); FIELD APPLICATION; PASSIVE TREATMENT;

CALCITE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; CALCITE; DEGRADATION; IRON; PYRITE; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 43949144578     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.02.023     Document Type: Article

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