Preferential oxidation of pyrite as a function of morphology and relict texture

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 167-176

  Weisener, C G ^a   Weber, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage (ARD); Brunner coal measures (bcm); Framboidal pyrite; Humidity cell; Scanning electron microscopy (sem)

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PYRITE; TEXTURE;

EID: 78149292428     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2010.499158     Document Type: Article

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