Acid mine drainage and heavy metals contamination at abandoned and active mine sites in Pahang

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia

Volumn , Issue 55, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Zuhairi Yaacob, W A N ^a   Syuhadah Mohd Pauzi, N U R ^a   Mutalib, Hazwani Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Abandoned mine; Acid mine drainage; Active mine; Heavy metal contamination; Pahang

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649126218     PISSN: 01266187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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