Characterisation of AMD pollution in the reservoirs of the Iberian Pyrite Belt

A number of water-supply dams have been built in the semi-arid Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain) in a fluvial network affected by acid mine drainage (AMD). There are almost a hundred mines, most of which are closed, which emit low pH leachates with high metal and sulphate loads to reservoirs intended fo...

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Main Author: Grande, J. A. (author)
Other Authors: Santistebán, M. (author), De la Torre, M. L. (author), Valente, Teresa Maria Fernandes (author), Pérez-Ostalé, E. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
AMD
Reservoir
Iberian Pyrite Belt
Risk map
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25548
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25548

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25548

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