Kinetics of selenium release in mine waste from the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale, Phosphoria Formation, Wooley Valley, Idaho, USA

Chemical Geology

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 113-123

  Stillings, Lisa L ^a   Amacher, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shale; Leaching; Marine shale; Oxidation kinetics; Phosphoria Formation; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IDAHO , USA; IN-FIELD; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LEACHATE SOLUTIONS; MARINE SHALES; MINE WASTES; MINING OPERATIONS; OXIDATION KINETICS; PACKED BED REACTOR; PERMIAN; PHOSPHORIA FORMATION; RELEASE RATE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEEPAGE WATER; SURFACE WATER FLOWS; WASTE DUMPS; WASTE ROCK DUMPS; WASTE ROCKS; WATER DRAINING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTS; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; RATE CONSTANTS; ROCKS; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

SHALE;

BLACK SHALE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEACHING; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; RESIDENCE TIME; SELENIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77952907107     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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