Pollution implications of Save River water from weathering and dissolution of metal hosting minerals at Dorowa phosphate mine, Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 679-685

  Meck, M L ^a,b   Atlhopheng, J ^b   Masamba, W R L ^b   Ringrose, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Dorowa; Metal pollution; Phosphate; Weathering

Indexed keywords

APATITE STRUCTURES; DOROWA; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; METAL POLLUTION; PHOSPHATE ROCKS; QUALITY OF WATER; RIVER WATER; STUDY AREAS; ZIMBABWE;

APATITE; CADMIUM; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COBALT; COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; IRON ORES; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINERALS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINES; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MECHANICS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

APATITE; CALCITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DISSOLUTION; MINE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SAVA RIVER; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77957020088     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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