Managing pore-water quality in mine tailings by inducing microbial sulfate reduction

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 7086-7091

  Lindsay, Matthew B J ^a   Blowes, David W ^a   Condon, Peter D ^b   Ptacek, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Hecla Greens Creek Mining Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION; IN-SITU TECHNIQUES; MASS TRANSPORT; MINE TAILINGS; MONITORING PERIODS; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH; PORE WATERS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION; SULFIDE OXIDATION; UNDERSATURATION; VADOSE ZONE;

DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; MINES; MINING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBONIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

MASS TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POREWATER; REDUCTION; SULFATE; TAILINGS; VADOSE ZONE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MINE TAILINGS; NONHUMAN; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; METALS; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SULFATES; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER;

EID: 70349138736     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901524z     Document Type: Article

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