Study of environmental pollution and mineralogical characterization of sediment rivers from Brazilian coal mining acid drainage

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-178

  Silva, Luis F O ^a,b   Fdez Ortiz de Vallejuelo, Silvia ^c   Martinez Arkarazo, Irantzu ^c   Castro, Kepa ^c   Oliveira, Marcos L S ^a   Sampaio, Carlos H ^d   de Brum, Irineu A S ^d   de Leão, Felipe B ^b   Taffarel, Silvio R ^b   Madariaga, Juan M ^c  

^a Institute of Environmental Research and Human Development IPADH   (Brazil)

^b Mestrado em Avaliacao de Impactos Ambientais em Mineracao Victor Barreto   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coal acid mine drainage; Drainage evolution; Environmental impacts; Sediment; Stability minerals

Indexed keywords

ACID DRAINAGE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BRAZILIAN COAL; COAL MINING; DISSOLVED METALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HIGH-CONTENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); JAROSITES; LARGE AMOUNTS; METAL MINING; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL RISKS; SULPHATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COAL MINES; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; MANGANESE; MINERALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BORON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL MINING; DISSOLVED MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFATE;

ACCURACY; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLAY; COAL MINING; ELECTRON BEAM; LAKE SEDIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BRAZIL; SANTA CATARINA;

EID: 84873573000     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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