Remediation of a marine shore tailings deposit and the importance of water-rock interaction on element cycling in the coastal aquifer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4876-4883

  Dold, Bernhard ^a   Diaby, Nouhou ^a   Spangenberg, Jorge E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ARID CLIMATES; ATACAMA DESERT; BIVALENT METALS; CAPILLARY TRANSPORT; COASTAL AQUIFERS; DETECTION LIMITS; ELEMENT CYCLING; EVAPORITES; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CATION; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NEUTRAL PH; OXIDATION ZONES; PH CONDITION; REDUCING CONDITIONS; REDUCTIVE DISSOLUTION; RIVER WATER; SORPTION PROCESS; TAILINGS DEPOSITS; TWO SOURCES; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORINE; COATINGS; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRON COMPOUNDS; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTION; SILICATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORPTION;

DEPOSITS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CHLORIDE; COPPER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; HALITE; HYDROGEN; INORGANIC SALT; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; OXYGEN; RIVER WATER; SILICATE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC;

ALKALINITY; COASTAL AQUIFER; COATING; DISSOLUTION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER-SEAWATER INTERACTION; INFILTRATION; IRON HYDROXIDE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PH; REMEDIATION; RIVER WATER; SHORE PLATFORM; SORPTION; TAILINGS; TERRACE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ABSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVAPORATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; INTERFACE PRESSURE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATERIAL COATING; MINE TAILINGS; OXIDATION; PERU; PH; PLUME; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; ROCK; SEA; SEASHORE; SPRING; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WETLAND;

ARSENIC; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; MINING; PERU; WATER CYCLE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

PERU;

EID: 79957831006     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1036496     Document Type: Article

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