Mobility and chemical fate of antimony and arsenic in historic mining environments of the Kantishna Hills district, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Chemical Geology

Volumn 335, Issue , 2013, Pages 172-188

  Ritchie, Vanessa J ^a,b   Ilgen, Anastasia G ^b,e   Mueller, Seth H ^c   Trainor, Thomas P ^b   Goldfarb, Richard J ^d  

^a Fairbanks Environmental Services Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Boliden Mineral AB ^*  (Sweden)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Antimony; Arsenic; Denali Park; Hydrogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; ALASKA , USA; ANTIMONY CONCENTRATION; AQUEOUS PHASE; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; CORNER-SHARING COMPLEXES; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; MINING DISTRICT; MINING ENVIRONMENTS; MINING OPERATIONS; NATIONAL PARKS; OXIDATIVE WEATHERING; REDOX POTENTIALS; REDOX STATE; STREAM WATER; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; STRONG CORRELATION; WASTE ROCKS; WATER SAMPLES;

ANTIMONY DEPOSITS; ARSENIC; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; REDOX REACTIONS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIMONY;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LODE DEPOSIT; MINING; OXIDATION; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TAILINGS;

ALASKA; DENALI NATIONAL PARK; KANTISHNA HILLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870828836     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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