Using sulfur and oxygen isotope data for sulfide oxidation assessment in the Freiberg polymetallic sulfide mine

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2034-2050

  Junghans, Manuela ^a   Tichomirowa, Marion ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROCHEMICALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE VALUES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINE WATERS; MIXING PROCESS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POLLUTION ASSESSMENT; POLYMETALLIC; SEEPAGE WATER; SEWAGE WATER; STABLE ISOTOPES; SULFIDE DEPOSIT; SULFIDE OXIDATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MINE FLOODING; MINING; ORES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE; SOILS; SULFUR; WASTEWATER;

MINES;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FREIBERG; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 70350565643     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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