The Aznalcóllar pit lake - Water quality and options of control

7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1927-1935

  Schultze, Martin ^a   Friese, Kurt ^a   Sánchez, Javier ^b   López, Enrique ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidification; Heavy metals; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; AQUIFERS; DISASTERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); REMEDIATION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDIC WATER; CONTAMINATED SOILS; LAKE WATER QUALITY; LAKE WATERS; NATURAL GROUNDWATER; NATURAL WATER LEVELS; REMEDIATION MEASURES; RIVER SYSTEMS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

EID: 84868629303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06021927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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