Acid mine drainage and heavy metal contamination in groundwater of metal sulfide mine at arid territory (BS mine, Western Australia)

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1488-1493

  Lei, Liang Qi ^a   Song, Ci An ^a   Xie, Xiang Li ^a   Li, Yan Hong ^a   Wang, Fei ^a  

^a GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

acid mine drainage; groundwater contamination; heavy metals; nickel ore tailings

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DRILLING HOLES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; ICP-AES; METAL CONTENT; METAL SULFIDES; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; METALS DISTRIBUTION; NICKEL SULFIDE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STORAGE FACILITIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACIDS; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY WATER; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; NICKEL; ORE TAILINGS; ORES; SEWAGE; SOLVENTS; WASTEWATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77957708342     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(09)60326-5     Document Type: Article

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