Geochemistry and stable isotope composition of fresh alkaline porphyry copper tailings: Implications on sources and mobility of elements during transport and early stages of deposition

Chemical Geology

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 62-76

  Smuda, Jochen ^a   Dold, Bernhard ^a   Spangenberg, Jorge E ^a   Pfeifer, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkaline tailings; Hydrology; Pore water; Porphyry copper; Stable isotopes; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINE ROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; PORPHYRY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAILINGS;

CHILE; EL TENIENTE; O'HIGGINS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 52949152856     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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