Mine wastes: Past, present, future

Elements

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 375-380

  Hudson Edwards, Karen A ^a   Jamieson, Heather E ^b   Lottermoser, Bernd G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Dust; Metalloids; Metals; Mine wastes; Radionuclides; Tailings

Indexed keywords

DUST; METALLOIDS; METALS; RADIOISOTOPES; TAILINGS; WASTES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; LIQUID MATERIALS; MINE SITE; MINE WASTES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; WASTE STREAM;

MINE DUST;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; REMEDIATION; TAILINGS;

EID: 84858242112     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.6.375     Document Type: Article

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