Prolonged testing of metal mobility in mining-impacted soils amended with phosphate fertilisers

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2237-2255

  Munksgaard, Niels C ^a   Lottermoser, Bernd G ^b   Blake, Kevin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertiliser; Immobilisation; Metals; Mine waste; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ACID BUFFERING; ACID PRODUCTION; BROKEN HILLS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; IMMOBILISATION; IN-SITU TREATMENT; METAL MOBILITY; METAL PHOSPHATES; METALLOID MOBILITY; MINE WASTES; MOBILISATION; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; RAPID RELEASE; VARIABLE EFFECTS;

ANTIMONY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; COPPER; FERTILIZERS; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL TESTING; METALLOIDS; METALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; REMEDIATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STABILIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; PYRITE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IMMOBILIZATION; METAL; MINE WASTE; MOBILIZATION; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; LEACHING; MINING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; MOUNT ISA; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84862228901     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1019-y     Document Type: Article

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