Changes in lead and zinc lability during weathering-induced acidification of desert mine tailings: Coupling chemical and micro-scale analyses

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2234-2245

  Hayes, Sarah M ^a   White, Scott A ^a   Thompson, Thomas L ^b   Maier, Raina M ^a   Chorover, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; COMMON SOURCE; DECADAL TIMESCALE; FLUX RATES; KNOW-HOW; LABILE FRACTIONS; LOW WATER; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL MOBILITY; METAL POOL; METAL TOXICITY; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; MICRO-SCALES; MINE TAILINGS; NATURAL PLANTS; NEAR-SURFACE; PB AND ZN CONTAMINATION; PH DEPENDENCE; PLUMBOJAROSITES; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SUB-SAMPLES; SUPERFUND SITES; TOXIC METALS; WATER EROSION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EROSION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINES; MINING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WEATHERING; ZINC;

PH;

ACIDIFICATION; CHALCOPHANITE; LEAD; LIGAND; MINERALOGY; TAILINGS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WIND EROSION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZINC;

EID: 70350618762     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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