Field quantification and characterisation of extreme arsenic concentrations at a historic mine processing site, Waiuta, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-272

  Haffert, L ^a   Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arsenic mobilisation; Arsenolite; Arsenopyrite; Blackwater mine; Portable XRF; Scorodite; Waiuta

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENOPYRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIELD METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINE WASTE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINING; MOBILIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORODITE; SOIL POLLUTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 72449170139     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300909509890     Document Type: Article

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