Copper and iron isotope fractionation in mine tailings at the Laver and Kristineberg mines, northern Sweden

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-215

  Pérez Rodríguez, Nathalie ^a   Engström, Emma ^a,b   Rodushkin, Ilia ^a,b   Nason, Peter ^a   Alakangas, Lena ^a   öhlander, Björn ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Sweden   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KRISTINEBERG MINES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; NORTHERN SWEDEN; PILOT SCALE TEST; PRECIPITATION REACTION; SULPHIDE OXIDATION;

COPPER MINES; IRON MINES; LASERS; OXIDATION; REDOX REACTIONS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TAILINGS;

ISOTOPES;

COPPER; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; IRON; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINE; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFIDE; TAILINGS;

KRISTINEBERG; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

PORPHYRA UMBILICALIS;

EID: 84876319000     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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