Occurrence, properties and pollution potential of environmental minerals in acid mine drainage

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1135-1152

  Valente, T Maria ^a   Leal Gomes, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Environmental minerals; Ochre precipitates; Sulphate efflorescences; Valdarcas Portugal

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ACIDS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; DRYING; FORMING; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; METAL FORMING; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINES; MINING; POLLUTION; PYRITES; SALTS; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; SULFIDE MINERALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALS; OCHRE PRECIPITATES; SULPHATE EFFLORESCENCES; VALDARCAS - PORTUGAL;

MINERALS;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; HYDROXIDE; IRON; METAL; MINERAL; PYRITE; RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; DISSOLUTION; GOETHITE; IRON HYDROXIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; MINE WASTE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; PYRRHOTITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; POLLUTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCIUM SULFATE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; IRON; METALS; MINING; PORTUGAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEASONS; SULFATES; SULFIDES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VALDARCAS MINE; VIANA DO CASTELO [PORTUGAL];

EID: 57049165917     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.050     Document Type: Article

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