Attenuation of dissolved metals in neutral mine drainage in the Zambian Copperbelt

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 172, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 287-299

  Sracek, Ondra ^a,b   Filip, Jan ^b   Mihaljevič, Martin ^c   Kříbek, Bohdan ^d   Majer, Vladimír ^d   Veselovský, František ^d  

^a OPV Sro ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Copperbelt; Dambo; Metals; Mine drainage; Ochres; Zambia

Indexed keywords

COPPERBELT; DAMBO; MINE DRAINAGE; OCHRES; ZAMBIA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DAMS; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GYPSUM; HYDRAULICS; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

METALS;

CALCIUM SULFATE; COBALT; COPPER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OCHRE; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE; METAL; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COBALT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON HYDROXIDE; MINE DRAINAGE; PIGMENT; SEEPAGE; STREAMWATER; TAILINGS DAM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; FLOW RATE; MINING; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRAL MINE DRAINAGE; PH; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT; WETLAND; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZAMBIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MINING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZAMBIA;

CHAMBISHI; COPPERBELT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79151469304     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1334-6     Document Type: Article

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