Arsenic attenuation in tailings at a former Cu-W-As mine, SW Finland

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2289-2299

  Parviainen, Annika ^a   Lindsay, Matthew B J ^b,e   Pérez López, Rafael ^c   Gibson, Blair D ^b   Ptacek, Carol J ^b   Blowes, David W ^b   Loukola Ruskeeniemi, Kirsti ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ARSENIC ATTENUATION; ARSENIC MOBILITY; AS UPTAKE; EXAFS; FERRIC ARSENATE; FERRIHYDRITES; FINLAND; MICRO X RAY DIFFRACTION; MICRO-X-RAY; MINE CLOSURES; MINE TAILINGS; NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE; PORE WATERS; POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE; SCORODITE; SECONDARY CONTROL; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; TAILINGS DEPOSITS; VADOSE ZONE; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; XANES; XRD;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ARSENIC; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; POSITIVE IONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAILINGS; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ABANDONED MINE; ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ARSENOPYRITE; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; FERRIHYDRITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MOBILITY; NATURAL ATTENUATION; RUNOFF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCORODITE; TAILINGS; TRANSFORMATION; TUNGSTEN; VADOSE ZONE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84868531961     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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