Chemical composition of weathering products in neutral and acidic mine tailings from stibnite exploitation in Slovakia

Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-340

  Klimko, Tomáš ^a   Lalinská, Bronislava ^a   Majzlan, Juraj ^b   Chovan, Martin ^a   Kučerová, Gabriela ^a   Paul, Christin ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimony; Arsenic; Slovakia; Tailings; Weathering

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARSENIC; ARSENOPYRITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; PYRITE; STIBNITE; SULFIDE; TAILINGS; BERTHIERINE; TIN; WEATHERING;

SLOVAKIA;

EID: 80054717396     PISSN: 18026222     EISSN: 18031943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3190/jgeosci.104     Document Type: Article

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