Drainage at Abandoned Mine Sites: Natural Attenuation of Contaminants in Different Seasons

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-126

  Cidu, Rosa ^a   Frau, Franco ^a   da Pelo, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Metal dispersion; Mine closure; Mine water; Rebound; REE; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957572422     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-011-0146-4     Document Type: Article

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