Spectroscopic Raman study of sulphate precipitation sequence in Rio Tinto mining district (SW Spain)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6783-6792

  Rull, Fernando ^a,b   Guerrero, Julia ^b   Venegas, Gloria ^a,b   Gázquez, Fernando ^b   Medina, Jesús ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidic mine drainage (AMD); Mineral precipitation sequence; Raman spectroscopy; Rio Tinto

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID WATER; BRONZE AGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVAPORATION; IRON SULFIDE; MINING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SULFATE; TRANSFORMATION;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; SPAIN; TINTO RIVER;

SULFATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; MINING; PRECIPITATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RIVER; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; DESICCATION; MINING; RIVERS; SPAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901273841     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1927-z     Document Type: Article

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