Evaluation of the water quality related to the acid mine drainage of an abandoned mercury mine (Alaşehir, Turkey)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 93-106

  Gemici, Ünsal ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Hg mining; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY MINES; MINE FLOODING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINES; MINING; NICKEL ALLOYS; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; PYRITES; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STANDARDS; SULFIDE MINERALS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID MINE DRAINAGES; AQUATIC LIVES; DRINKING WATER QUALITIES; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HG MINES; HG MINING; MAJOR IONS; MINE WASTES; MINE WATERS; MINING AREAS; PH VALUES; POLLUTION INDICES; STREAM SEDIMENTS; TOXIC POLLUTANTS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY STANDARDS; WATER SAMPLES; WET SEASONS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; PYRITE; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINE WASTE; MINING; OXIDATION; PH; REMEDIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; OXIDATION; PH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; MINING; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASEHIR BASIN; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 56249101394     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0101-9     Document Type: Article

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