Tailings mineralogy and geochemistry at the abandoned Haveri Au-Cu mine, SW Finland

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-304

  Parviainen, Annika ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Geochemistry; Mine tailings; Mineralogy; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049193859     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-009-0088-2     Document Type: Article

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