Precipitation of heavy metals from acid mine drainage and their geochemical modeling

Petrilakova, Aneta; Balintova, Magdalena; Holub, Marian

doi:10.2478/sspjce-2014-0009

Abstract

Geochemical modeling plays an increasingly vital role in a number of areas of geoscience, ranging from groundwater and surface water hydrology to environmental preservation and remediation. Geochemical modeling is also used to model the interaction processes at the water - sediment interface in acid mine drainage (AMD). AMD contains high concentrations of sulfate and dissolved metals and it is a serious environmental problem in eastern Slovakia. The paper is focused on comparing the results of laboratory precipitation of metal ions from AMD (the Smolnik creek, Slovakia) with the results obtained by geochemical modeling software Visual Minteq 3.0.

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Precipitation of heavy metals from acid mine drainage and their geochemical modeling

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