Mining-related contamination of surface water and sediments of the Kafue River drainage system in the Copperbelt district, Zambia: An example of a high neutralization capacity system

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-188

  Sracek, Ondra ^a,b   Kříbek, Bohdan ^c   Mihaljevič, Martin ^d   Majer, Vladimír ^c   Veselovský, František ^c   Vencelides, Zbyněk ^b   Nyambe, Imasiku ^e  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b OPV Sro (Protection of Groundwater Ltd)   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Copperbelt; Kafue River; Metals; Mining; Suspended material; Zambia

Indexed keywords

AQUA REGIA; CO CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; COPPERBELT; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; METAL CONTENT; MINE TAILINGS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MINING WASTE; MN OXIDES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; RESIDUAL FRACTION; RIVER NETWORK; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASIS; SPECIATION MODELING; STREAM SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED MATERIAL; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; WATER BALANCE; ZAMBIA;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COBALT; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; COPPER OXIDES; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE; METALS; MINING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RIVER CONTROL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SLAGS; SMELTING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TAILINGS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

COBALT; COPPER; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINING; NEUTRALIZATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TRIBUTARY; WATER BUDGET; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

COPPERBELT; KAFUE RIVER; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84155167172     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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