Zinc stable isotope fractionation upon accelerated oxidative weathering of sulfidic mine waste

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-101

  Matthies, R ^a,b   Krahe L ^b,c   Blowes, D W ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Isotope fractionation; Kidd creek; MC ICP MS; Oxidation; Tailings

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; TAILINGS; WEATHERING; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; KIDD CREEK; MC-ICP-MS; MONITORING PARAMETERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS;

ZINC SULFIDE;

CARBONIC ACID; HYDROXIDE; SULFIDE; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DESORPTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEACHATE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAILINGS; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; LEACHING; MINE TAILINGS; OXIDATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; WEATHERING;

CANADA; KIDD CREEK; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; KIDD CREEK; MC-ICP-MS; OXIDATION; TAILINGS;

CANADA; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINERALS; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER; ZINC; ZINC ISOTOPES;

EID: 84899496574     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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