Long term fluctuations of groundwater mine pollution in a sulfide mining district with dry Mediterranean climate: Implications for water resources management and remediation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 539, Issue , 2016, Pages 427-435

  Caraballo, Manuel A ^a,b,c   Macías, Francisco ^a   Nieto, José Miguel ^a   Ayora, Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Climate change; Evaporitic salts; Passive treatment systems

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POLLUTION; PYRITES; RESTORATION; SALTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; PASSIVE TREATMENT; RESTORATION STRATEGIES; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; SULFIDE; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MINERALOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMEDIATION; SULFIDE; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MINING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SULFIDE MINING; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

IBERIAN PYRITE BELT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; MINING; RIVERS; SPAIN; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84941671007     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.156     Document Type: Article

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