Soil moisture variability and acid mine drainage in the spoil dump of pyritized hydroquartzite in the region of Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 51-64

  Allouache, Atmane ^a   Michalková, Eva ^b   Veverka, Miloš ^c   Veverková, Darina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^c Centre for Sustainable Alternatives   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

AMD; Pyritized hydroquartzite; Quarry; Soil moisture; Spoil dump

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIFICATION; MINING INDUSTRY; PYRITE; QUARRY; QUARTZITE; REMEDIATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

BANSKA STIAVNICA; BANSKOBYSTRICKY; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 70350736180     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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