Chemistry and biology of solid waste ; dredged material and mine tailings / W. Salomons, U. Förstner (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salomons, W. (Willem), 1945-

Förstner, Ulrich.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mineral industries--Waste disposal--Environmental aspects.

Mineral industries.

Tailings (Metallurgy)--Environmental aspects.

Tailings (Metallurgy).

Dredging spoil--Environmental aspects.

Dredging spoil.

Geochemistry.

Ecology.

Mineral industries--Waste disposal.

Physical Description:

x, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1988]

Contents:

Metals in aquatic and terrestrial systems / A.C.M. Bourg

Microbiological oxidations of minerals and mine tailings / B.C. Kelley and O.H. Touvinen

Response of plants and vegetation to mine tailings and dredged materials / W.H.O. Ernst

Case histories of coastal and marine mines / D.V. Ellis

Development of dredged material disposal sites / W. van Driel and J.P.J. Nijssen

Biological assessment of the environmental impact of dredged material / W. Ahlf and M. Munawar

Soil pollution by metals from mining and smelting activities / T. Asami

Geochemistry of priority pollutants in anoxic sludges / M. Kersten

Assessment of metal mobility in dredged material and mine waste by pore water chemistry and solid speciation / U. Förstner and M. Kersten

Diagenetic processes in aquatic mine tailings deposits in British Columbia / T.F. Pedersen and A.J. Losher

Behaviour of trace metals in a tropical river system affected by mining / J. Jeffery, N. Marshman, and W. Salomons

Heavy metal transport in streams

field release experiments / B.M. Chapman, D.R. Jones, and R.F. Jung.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0387182314

OCLC:

17440902