Application of mineral liberation analysis in studying micro-sedimentological structures within sulfide mine tailings and their effect on hardpan formation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 480-493

  Redwan, Mostafa ^a,b   Rammlmair, Dieter ^a   Meima, Jeannet A ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Davidschacht; Geochemistry; Hardpan layers; Mine tailings; Mineralogy; MLA

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; COARSE-GRAINED; CONTACT ZONE; DAVIDSCHACHT; FINE GRAINED; GERMANY; GRADED LAYERS; HARDPAN LAYERS; HIGH WATER; M-SCALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; MINE TAILINGS; MINERAL LIBERATION; MLA; PH VALUE; PORE AREAS; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; RAIN WATER; REACTIVE SULFIDES; SECONDARY PRECIPITATES; THIN SECTION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXYGEN; PH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAILINGS;

RAIN;

CARBONIC ACID; MICA; OXYGEN; RAIN; SULFIDE;

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL TEXTURE; SULFIDE; TAILINGS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GERMANY; MINE TAILINGS; MINERAL LIBERATION ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION KINETICS; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER RETENTION;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GERMANY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MINERALS; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SULFIDES; WASTE PRODUCTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

FREIBERG; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 84855526803     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.038     Document Type: Article

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