Prevention of acid drainage in a uranium deposit

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2005, Pages 665-673

  Nicolova, M V ^a   Spasova, I I ^a   Groudev, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acidophilic chemolithotrophs; Dump recultivation; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Water saturated organic cover

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HEAVY METALS; MINERALS; PYRITES; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHEMOLITHOTROPHS; RECULTIVATION; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; WATER-SATURATED ORGANIC COVER;

URANIUM DEPOSITS;

EID: 84903380540     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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