Geochemical changes during neutralisation of acid mine drainage in a dynamic mountain stream, New Zealand

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2121-2133

  Davies, Hugh ^a   Weber, Paul ^b   Lindsay, Phil ^b   Craw, Dave ^a   Peake, Barrie ^a   Pope, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

^c CRL Energy Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL MINING AREA; DISSOLVED METALS; DOSING SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ETTRINGITES; GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES; GROUND LIMESTONE; GYPSUM PRECIPITATION; LIMESTONE SLURRY; MIXING ZONES; MOUNTAIN STREAMS; NEUTRALISATION; NEW ZEALAND; OXYHYDROXIDES; RAIN EVENTS; SOUTH ISLAND; STREAM DISCHARGE; STREAM WATER; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

ADSORPTION; DRAINAGE; GYPSUM; IRON COMPOUNDS; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; RAIN;

DISSOLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; COAL MINING; DISCHARGE; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GORGE; GYPSUM; LIMESTONE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NEUTRALIZATION; NICKEL; PH; PYRITE; RAINFALL; SLURRY; SUSPENDED LOAD; ZINC;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 82155185187     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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