Geochemistry of the hyperalkaline Gorka pit lake (pH>13) in the Chrzanow region, southern Poland

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 214, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 423-434

  Czop, Mariusz ^a   Motyka, Jacek ^a   Sracek, Ondra ^b,c   Szuwarzyński, Marek ^d  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b OPV Sro Protection of Groundwater Ltd ^*  (Czech Republic)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Municipal Council of Trzebinia   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hyperalkaline lake; Pit lake; Red mud wastes; Sulfate reduction; Toxic elements

Indexed keywords

HYPERALKALINE LAKES; PIT LAKE; RED MUD WASTES; SULFATE REDUCTION; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MOLYBDENUM; PH; QUARRIES; SODIUM; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

LAKES;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; MOLYBDENUM; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM CARBONATE; SULFATE; VANADIUM;

ALKALINE WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAKE WATER; LEACHATE; LIMESTONE; OPEN PIT MINE; PH; QUARRY; SULFATE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER QUALITY;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAKE; LEACHING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; POLAND; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CHRZANOW; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND;

EID: 78650611081     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0433-x     Document Type: Article

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