Hydrochemical performance and mineralogical evolution of a dispersed alkaline substrate (DAS) remediating the highly polluted acid mine drainage in the full-scale passive treatment of Mina Esperanza (SW Spain)

American Mineralogist

Volumn 96, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1270-1277

  Caraballo, Manuel A ^a   MacÍas, Francisco ^a   Nieto, José Miguel ^a   Castillo, Julio ^a   Quispe, Dino ^a   Ayora, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Green rust; Hydrobasaluminite; Passive treatment system; Schwertmannite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DRAINAGE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LIME; LIMESTONE; MINERALS; PASSIVATION; REMEDIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; GREEN RUST; HYDROBASALUMINITE; PASSIVE TREATMENT; SCHWERTMANNITE;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALUMINUM; GOETHITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCHWERTMANNITE; SUBSTRATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

SPAIN;

ESPERANZA;

EID: 80053234299     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2011.3752     Document Type: Article

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