Mineral leaching, iron precipitation, and the sulfate requirement for chemolithotrophic iron oxidation

Studies in Environmental Science

Volumn 66, Issue C, 1997, Pages 61-75

  Lazaroff, Norman ^a  

^a Micronostix   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Ammoniojarosite; Amorphous hydrated Fe(III) sulfate; Chemolithotrophy; Fe(III) oxyhydroxysulfate; Fe(III) precipitation; Fe(III)Sulfato complex; Iron oxidation; Iron: rusticyanin oxidoreductase; Jarosite; Pyrite leaching; Schwertmannite; Sulfate requirement; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957238815     PISSN: 01661116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1116(97)80035-0     Document Type: Article

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