Geochemistry and stable sulfur and oxygen isotope ratios of the Podwiśniówka pit pond water generated by acid mine drainage (Holy Cross Mountains, south-central Poland)

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3620-3634

  Migaszewski, Zdzisław M ^a   Gałuszka, Agnieszka ^a   Hałas, Stanisław ^b   Dołegowska, Sabina ^a   Dabek, Józef ^b   Starnawska, Ewa ^c  

^a JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EARTH SCIENCES; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PYRITES; SEDIMENTATION; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGES; ACIDIC WATERS; CATALYZED OXIDATIONS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; GANGUE MINERALS; GEOMETRIC MEANS; ISOTOPIC STUDIES; LESSER EXTENTS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; OXYHYDROXIDES; POND SEDIMENTS; POND WATERS; PYRITE OXIDATIONS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; VERY LOW CONCENTRATIONS;

ACIDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GANGUE; GOETHITE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERALOGY; NEUTRALIZATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PH; POND; PYRITE; QUARRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; SUPERGENE PROCESS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

EID: 56349166105     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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