Biogeochemical processes governing natural pyrite oxidation and release of acid metalliferous drainage

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5537-5545

  Chen, Ya Ting ^a,b   Li, Jin Tian ^a   Chen, Lin Xing ^a   Hua, Zheng Shuang ^a   Huang, Li Nan ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Xu, Bi Bo ^a   Liao, Bin ^a   Shu, Wen Sheng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METALS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; PYRITES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOLEACHING OF SULFIDE MINERALS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION OF SULFIDES; SECONDARY SULFATE MINERALS; SIMULATED EXPERIMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

HEAVY METAL; PYRITE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; SULFATE; SULFITE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEW GENUS; OXIDATION; PYRITE; SECONDARY MINERAL; SUCCESSION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLEACHING; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERROPLASMA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINE TAILINGS; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PYROSEQUENCING;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; IRON; METALS; MINERALS; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901036353     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500154z     Document Type: Article

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