Mineralogical transformations controlling acid mine drainage chemistry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 169-178

  Peretyazhko, T ^a   Zachara, J M ^a   Boily, J F ^a   Xia, Y ^a   Gassman, P L ^a   Arey, B W ^a   Burgos, W D ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Mineralogical transformations; Schwertmannite

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLIZATION; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GOETHITE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MINERALOGY; ORE MINERAL; PHASE TRANSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHWERTMANNITE; TRANSFORMATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349276673     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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