Seasonal variations in the formation of Al and Si rich Fe-stromatolites in the highly polluted acid mine drainage of Agua Agria Creek (Tharsis, SW Spain)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 97-104

  Caraballo, Manuel A ^a   Sarmiento, Aguasanta M ^a,b   Sánchez Rodas, Daniel ^a   Nieto, José Miguel ^a   Parviainen, Annika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Diatoms; Fe stromatolites; Jarosite; Rostite

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; DIATOMS; FE-STROMATOLITES; JAROSITES; ROSTITE;

ECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICATE MINERALS;

DRAINAGE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DROUGHT; FLOOD; GOETHITE; IRON; JAROSITE; MINERAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICON; STROMATOLITE;

AGUA AGRIA CREEK; ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN; THARSIS;

AGRIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79954615127     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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