Characteristics and potential environmental consequence of weathered materials in the surface layer of a spontaneously combusting mine spoil stockpile

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 496-501

  Lu, W ^a,b   Lin, C ^a,c   Ma, Y ^a   Huang, S ^a   Si, C ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Li, J ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID GENERATION; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID SULFATES; CATALYZED OXIDATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; MINE SPOIL; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SULFIDE MINERAL OXIDATION; SURFACE LAYERS; WASTE ROCKS;

ACIDS; DRAINAGE; MINERALS; MINING; OXIDATION; SULFATE MINERALS; WASTE INCINERATION;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; CATALYSIS; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; WEATHERING;

EID: 75849134511     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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