Simulations of the neutralizing capacity of silicate rocks in acid mine drainage environments

7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 564-577

  Eary, L Edmond ^a   Williamson, Mark A ^a  

^a MFG Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; DRAINAGE; FELDSPAR; OXIDATION; PYRITES; REACTION RATES; SILICATES;

ABIOTIC OXIDATIONS; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; KINETICS SIMULATIONS; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; SECONDARY MINERAL FORMATION;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

EID: 77649191004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06020564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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