Zn and Pb release of sphalerite (ZnS)-bearing mine waste tailings

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 433-441

  Hofmann, Thilo ^a   Schuwirth, Nele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contamination; Heavy metals; Lead; Mine tailing; Polluted soil; Sphalerite; Suction cups; Sulfide; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZATION; ACIDITY; BUFFERING; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON; ELEMENT MOBILITY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEACHING; LEAD; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; PH; RECHARGE; RISK FACTOR; SEEPAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER; SPHALERITE; SUBSOIL; SULFIDE; TAILINGS; TOPSOIL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRITIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56749131639     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-008-0052-y     Document Type: Article

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