Assessment of reactivity of sulphidic tailings and river sludges

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-318

  Komnitsas, Kostas ^a   Manousaki, Klio ^a   Zaharaki, Dimitra ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Contamination; Reactivity; Risk; Sludges; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; CONTAMINATION; DEIONIZED WATER; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; TAILINGS; TAILINGS DISPOSAL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; LABORATORY ASSESSMENT; REMEDIATION MEASURES; SIMULATED ACID RAINS; SLUDGES; TAILINGS DAM;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID RAIN; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SLUDGE; SOLUBILIZATION; TAILINGS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BOR; SERBIA;

EID: 72949092102     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/09-198     Document Type: Article

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