Contaminant mobility and carbon sequestration downstream of the Ajka (Hungary) red mud spill: The effects of gypsum dosing

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-259

  Renforth, P ^a   Mayes, W M ^b   Jarvis, A P ^c   Burke, I T ^d   Manning, D A C ^c   Gruiz, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bauxite processing residue; Carbon dioxide removal; Carbonate precipitation; Hyperalkaline wastes; Red mud; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE PROCESSING; CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL; CARBONATE PRECIPITATION; RED MUD; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; COMMERCE; CONTAMINATION; GYPSUM; IMPURITIES; ISOTOPES; MANGANESE; PH EFFECTS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACID; ARSENIC; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBONIC ACID; CHROMIUM; ISOTOPE; MANGANESE;

ACID; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BAUXITE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE; GYPSUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MUD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SLURRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUNGARY; PH; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SPILLAGE;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUNGARY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AJKA; HUNGARY; VESZPREM;

EID: 84858276528     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.046     Document Type: Article

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