Arsenic and Zinc Biogeochemistry in Acidified Pyrite Mine Waste from the Aznalcóllar Environmental Disaster

2002 ◽  
pp. 181-199
Author(s):  
Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina ◽  
Asunción Rocamora ◽  
Carmen García-Gomis ◽  
Francisco Martínez-Sánchez, ◽  
Francisco Burló
Keyword(s):  
Mine Waste ◽  
Environmental Disaster

Arsenic and zinc biogeochemistry in pyrite mine waste from the Aznalcóllar environmental disaster

Geoderma ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 122 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 195-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Carbonell-Barrachina ◽  
A. Rocamora ◽  
C. Garcı́a-Gomis ◽  
F. Martı́nez-Sánchez ◽  
F. Burló
Keyword(s):  
Mine Waste ◽  
Environmental Disaster

Application of remote sensing in the red sludge environmental disaster in Hungary

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-231
Author(s):  
T. Bíró ◽  
T. Tomor ◽  
C. Lénárt ◽  
P. Burai ◽  
J. Berke
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Environmental Disaster ◽  
Red Sludge

PREDICTING ACID ROCK DRAINAGE FROM A NICKEL MINE WASTE PILE AND METAL LEVELS IN SURROUNDING SOILS

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 2089-2096
Author(s):  
Artwell Kanda ◽  
George Nyamadzawo ◽  
Jephita Gotosa ◽  
Nathan Nyamutora ◽  
Willis Gwenzi
Keyword(s):  
Acid Rock Drainage ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Acid Rock ◽  
Metal Levels

Selected Water- and Sediment-Quality, Aquatic Biology, and Mine-Waste Data from the Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site, Vershire, VT, 1998-2007

Data Series ◽  
10.3133/ds378 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise M. Argue ◽  
Richard G. Kiah ◽  
Nadine M. Piatak ◽  
Robert R. Seal ◽  
Jane M. Hammarstrom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mine Waste ◽  
Sediment Quality ◽  
Superfund Site ◽  
Copper Mine ◽  
Water And Sediment ◽  
Water And Sediment Quality

Determining the toxicity potential of mine-waste piles

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Smith ◽  
Thomas R. Wildeman ◽  
LaDonna M. Choate ◽  
Sharon F. Diehl ◽  
David L. Fey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mine Waste ◽  
Toxicity Potential

Soil and Vegetation Pollution from an Abandoned Mining Area Situated in Hunedoara County, Romania

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Dinu ◽  
Eleonora Mihaela Ungureanu ◽  
Gabriela Geanina Vasile ◽  
Lidia Kim ◽  
Ioana Ionescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mine Waste ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Dermal Absorption ◽  
Abandoned Mines ◽  
Emission Spectrometry ◽  
Metallic Elements ◽  
Vegetation Samples ◽  
Nickel Lead

The soils situated near the abandoned mines are highly polluted with metals due to the discharge and dispersion of mine waste into nearby air, water (surface and groundwater) and soil. Heavy metals may be transferred to humans through ingestion, inhalation or dermal absorption and can produce serious health problems affect the nervous, endocrine and immune systems, hematopoietic function and cellular metabolism. This paper investigates the presence of metallic elements from fourteen soil samples (seven sampling points) and thirty-six vegetation samples (different types of leaves, plants, roots and tree barks). The samples were collected from six different sites located in an abandoned mining area and from a point (blank sample) located 5 km in the SV direction of the quarry. The results obtained for soil samples show an overrun of the alert and / or intervention threshold for the following metals: arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, copper, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc. The analytical investigation for vegetation samples indicated that concentration for calcium, magnesium, cadmium, chromium, manganese, nickel, lead, zinc were situated over the normal range in some samples. The analytical investigations were performed by optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The study�s conclusion indicates that, as result of soil acidic pH and high mobility of some metals, metallic elements migrate from soil to vegetation.

Selenium Uptake by a Coal Mine Wetland Sediment

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan A. Baldwin ◽  
Al Henry Hodaly
Keyword(s):  
Growth Medium ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Plant Debris ◽  
Bacteria Growth ◽  
Sulfate Reducing ◽  
Selenium Uptake ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Reducing Bacteria

Abstract Sediment from a wetland receiving runoff from a coal mine waste dump in the Elk River Valley of southeast British Columbia was assessed for potential selenium uptake. Selenite [SeO32-, Se(IV)] was found to adsorb to the washed sediment at pH 7 to 8, whereas no selenate [SeO42-, Se(VI)] was adsorbed, in the concentration range of 8 to 225 μg L-1 Se as selenite or selenate. Sulfate- and selenate-reducing bacterial activity was detected in the sediment. In the presence of sulfate-reducing bacteria growth medium, Se as selenate was reduced from 619(±53) μg L-1 to 15(±0.7) μg L-1, and in the presence of selenate-reducing bacteria growth medium, Se as selenate was reduced from 364(±66) mg L-1 to 22(±10) mg L-1. Semi-continuous microcosms containing sediment overlaid with selenate (500 μg L-1 Se) and sulfate (0.9 g L-1) containing water were amended with plant debris from the site or nutrients (lactate and fertilizer). Potential selenate reduction rate (0.76 h-1) was highest in the unamended microcosms. Amendment with plant debris from the site had a negative effect on selenate reduction rate in the short term (after one hour) and a positive effect on Se removal in the long term (after one week). This study suggests that wetland sediments at the mine site may be important sinks for Se.

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