Trace metal and As solid-phase speciation in sulphide mine tailings - Indicators of spatial distribution of sulphide oxidation in active tailings impoundments

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1224-1237

  Heikkinen, Päivi M ^a   Räisänen, Marja L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM LAYERS; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; DRILL CORE; FINLAND; MINE TAILINGS; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SOLID-PHASE; SOLID-PHASE SPECIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULPHIDE MINERALS; SULPHIDE OXIDATION; TRACE METAL; WATER SATURATIONS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; CORE DRILLING; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINERALS; MINING; NICKEL; OXIDATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

ARSENIC; IMPOUNDMENT; INFILTRATION; ORE BODY; OXIDATION; PH; SATURATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE; TAILINGS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER TABLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67349277485     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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