Waste rock dump investigation at Roşia Montanǎ gold mine (Romania): A geostatistical approach

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-31

  Servida, Diego ^a   Comero, Sara ^a,b   Dal Santo, Mara ^a,c   de Capitani, Luisa ^a   Grieco, Giovanni ^a   Marescotti, Pietro ^d   Porro, Silvia ^a   Forray, Ferenc Lázár ^e   Gál, Ágnes ^e   Szakács, Alexandru ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c InfoSolution SpA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^f SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Mine dump; Positive matrix factorization (PMF); Ro ia Montana; Waste rock

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MINE DUMPS; MONTANA; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; WASTE ROCKS;

GOLD; GOLD MINES; LEAD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MINERALS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION;

ROCKS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GEOSTATISTICS; GOLD MINE; MAPPING; MINE WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMEDIATION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84881658784     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-2100-6     Document Type: Article

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