Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization of a Pyritic Waste Pile at the Anjir Tangeh Coal Washing Plant, Zirab, Northern Iran;Untersuchung von Wassereinbrüchen in Kohlebergwerken aus unterlagernden Ordovizischen Kalksteinen durch "Analytic Hierachy Processes" - Ein Fallbeispiel für das Kohleflözes Nr. 17 im Kohlebergwerk Sanhejian, China

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 84-96

  Shahhoseiny, Majid ^a   Doulati Ardejani, Faramarz ^a,b   Shafaei, Seyed Ziaedin ^a,b   Noaparast, Mohammad ^b   Hamidi, Dariush ^c  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acid producing potential; Acid neutralizing potential; Pyrite oxidation; Trace element mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922684662     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-013-0219-7     Document Type: Article

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