Relationships between soil colour and mineralogical composition: Application for the study of waste-rock dumps in abandoned mines

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-85

  Azzali, Eva ^a   Carbone, Cristina ^a   Marescotti, Pietro ^a   Lucchetti, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMD; CIE L*a*b*; Fe oxides; Libiola mine; Munsell Color; Soil colour; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; COLOR; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIFFUSION; GRANULOMETRY; HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; LITHOLOGY; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SULFIDE GROUP; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ITALY; LIGURIA;

EID: 82055200712     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2011/0195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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