Sources and fates of heavy metals in a mining-impacted stream: Temporal variability and the role of iron oxides

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 456-466

  Schaider, Laurel A ^a   Senn, David B ^a   Estes, Emily R ^a,b   Brabander, Daniel J ^b   Shine, James P ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Iron oxides; Metal loading; Mine drainage; Mine waste piles; Sequential extractions

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DRAINAGE; HEAVY METALS; IRON OXIDES; LAND RECLAMATION; LEAD; METALS; PILES; POSITIVE IONS; RUNOFF; ZINC;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES; METAL LOADINGS; MINE DRAINAGE; MINE WASTES; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATION;

LOADING;

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; OKLAHOMA; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84901322473     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.126     Document Type: Article

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