Mineralogical and geochemical spatial analyses of a waste-rock dump at the Libiola Fe-Cu sulphide mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 187-199

  Marescotti, Pietro ^a   Azzali, Eva ^a   Servida, Diego ^b   Carbone, Cristina ^a   Grieco, Giovanni ^b   de Capitani, Luisa ^b   Lucchetti, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMD; Geostatistic application; Libiola mine; Sulphides oxidation; Waste dump

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CIRCULATING WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FE OXIDE; GEOSTATISTIC APPLICATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; HOST ROCKS; LIBIOLA MINES; OXYHYDROXIDES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC METALS; WASTE DUMPS; WASTE ROCKS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; LITHOLOGY; OXIDATION;

ROCKS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIFICATION; BASALT; CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAIN SIZE; HOST ROCK; IRON; LITHOLOGY; MINE WASTE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SERPENTINE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION;

GENOVA; ITALY; LIBIOLA MINE; LIGURIA;

EID: 77953909306     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0335-7     Document Type: Article

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