Biogeochemistry of a hyperacidic and ultraconcentrated pyrite leachate in San Telmo mine (Iberian Pyrite Belt, Spain)

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Sánchez España, Javier ^a   González Toril, Elena ^b   López Pamo, Enrique ^a   Amils, Ricardo ^b,c   Diez Ercilla, Marta ^a   Santofimia Pastor, Esther ^a   San Martín Úriz, Patxi ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidophilic archaea; Fe2+; Fe3+; Melanterite solubility; Pyrite oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING;

ACIDOPHILIC ARCHAEA; FE2+; FE3+; MELANTERITE SOLUBILITY; PYRITE OXIDATION;

PYRITES;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFATE; MAGNESIUM; MELANTERITE; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACIDITY; ALUMINOSILICATE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BRINE; DISSOLUTION; IRON; LEACHATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MINE; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEEPAGE; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITY; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; LEACHING; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OXIDATION; PH; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SAN TELMO MINE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; FERROPLASMA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 53149119191     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9713-0     Document Type: Article

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