Mine water geochemistry and metal flux in a major historic Pb-Zn-F orefield, the Yorkshire Pennines, UK

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 7570-7581

  Jones, A ^a   Rogerson, M ^a   Greenway, G ^a   Potter, H A B ^b   Mayes, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium; Cadmium; Mass balance; Mine water; Pollution; Remediation; Strontium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

METAL;

BASEFLOW; DATA ACQUISITION; DISCHARGE; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEADWATER; MASS BALANCE; METAL; MINE DRAINAGE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; REMEDIATION; RIVER FLOW; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; RIVER; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS; MINING; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WHARFE RIVER; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 84885942783     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1513-4     Document Type: Article

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