Organic matter degradation in paper sludge amendments over gold mine tailings

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2293-2300

  Cousins, Christine ^a   Penner, Glenn H ^b   Liu, Bruce ^b   Beckett, Peter ^a   Spiers, Graeme ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-POLARIZATION/MAGIC ANGLE SPINNINGS; LONG TERM STABILITY; MINE WASTES; MINING INDUSTRY; ONTARIO , CANADA; ORGANIC MATTER; PAPER SLUDGE;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINES; MINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PAPER;

DEGRADATION; GOLD MINE; MINE WASTE; MINING INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; RECLAIMED LAND; SLUDGE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TAILINGS; WASTE FACILITY;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PAPER; RECLAMATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 70350619867     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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