Sulfide oxidation and acid mine drainage formation within two active tailings impoundments in the Golden Quadrangle of the Apuseni Mountains, Romania

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 624-639

  Sima, Mihaela ^a   Dold, Bernhard ^b   Frei, Linda ^c   Senila, Marin ^d   Balteanu, Dan ^a   Zobrist, Jurg ^e  

^a ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION   (Romania)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active tailings; Element mobility; Golden quadrangle; Romania; Sulfide oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TAILINGS; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GOLDEN QUADRANGLE; ROMANIA; SULFIDE OXIDATION;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DRAINAGE; GOLD DEPOSITS; GYPSUM; IRON COMPOUNDS; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; LEAD; TAILINGS;

OXIDATION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBONIC ACID; COPPER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GOLD; LEAD; SILVER; SULFIDE; WATER;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; FERRIHYDRITE; GOLD MINE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IMPOUNDMENT; MOBILITY; NEUTRALIZATION; OXIDATION; SCHWERTMANNITE; SILVER; SULFIDE; TAILINGS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OXIDATION; LEACHING; MINE TAILINGS; MINING; NONHUMAN; ROMANIA; SAMPLING; SOLUBILITY;

ACIDS; CALCIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINING; OXYGEN; ROMANIA; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTION;

APUSENI MOUNTAINS; ROMANIA;

EID: 79956038447     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.069     Document Type: Article

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