Iron isotopes in acid mine waters and iron-rich solids from the Tinto-Odiel Basin (Iberian Pyrite Belt, Southwest Spain)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 253, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 162-171

  Egal, M ^a   Elbaz Poulichet, F ^a   Casiot, C ^a   Motelica Heino, M ^b   Negrel P ^b   Bruneel, O ^a   Sarmiento, A M ^c   Nieto, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Fe isotopes; Iberian Pyrite Belt

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON OXIDE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; RIO TINTO [(RVR) HUELVA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; THARSIS;

EID: 47849085090     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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