Rate controls on the chemical weathering of natural polymineralic material. II. Rate-controlling mechanisms and mineral sources and sinks for element release from four UK mine sites, and implications for comparison of laboratory and field scale weathering studies

Predictions of mine-related water pollution are often based on laboratory assays of mine-site material. However, many of the factors that control the rate of element release from a site, such as pH, water-rock ratio, the presence of secondary minerals, particle size, and the relative roles of surfac...

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Main Authors: Evans, Katy, Watkins, D., Banwart, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45639