Acid mine drainage, rock drainage, and acid sulfate soils : causes, assessment, prediction, prevention, and remediation / / edited by James A. Jacobs, Jay H. Lehr, Stephen M. Testa ; Pamela S. Blicker [and eighteen others], contributors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (502 p.) |
Disciplina | 622/.49 |
Soggetto topico | Acid mine drainage |
ISBN |
1-5231-0984-X
1-118-74924-3 1-118-74919-7 1-118-74912-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage, and Acid Sulfate Soils; Contents; Preface; Contributors; PART 1 Causes of Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage, and Sulfate Soils; 1 Acid Drainage and Sulfide Oxidation:Introduction; Introduction; Early Earth Atmosphere; Acid Drainage Deposits; Resources from Acid Drainage; Environmental Challenges; Future Opportunities; References and Suggested Reading; 2 Vitriols in Antiquity; Introduction; Vitriol Terminology; Uses for Vitriol; References and Suggested Reading; 3 Biogeochemistry of Acid Drainage; Acid Drainage Overview; Scale of Acid Drainage
Microbially Generated Acid Mine Drainage Small-Scale Sulfur Reactions; Geochemistry of Acid Drainage; Redox Reactions and Acid Drainage; Valence Electrons of Metals; Measuring Redox Conditions; Geochemical Environment of Acid Mine Drainage; Origin of Pyrite and Sulfur in Rocks and Soils; Coal Depositional Environment; Acid Sulfate Soils; Geochemical Processing and Sulfur in Rocks, Sediments, and Soils; Sulfide Minerals; Sulfur Associated with Metal Ores; Sulfur Associated with Coal; Microbiological Biogeochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage; Genetic Sequences; Microbial Genetic Studies Phylogenetic Overview of Acid Drainage Bacteria Size of Microbes; Groundwater Flow and Microbes; Microbial Growth Conditions; Acidophiles; Review of Microbial Processes; Colonization of Pyrite; Importance of Microbial Participation in Sulfide Oxidation; Biogeochemical Limiting Factors; Microbial Reactions; Acid Drainage Biogeochemistry of Some Specific Minerals; Aluminum Reactions; Manganese and Iron Oxides; Pyrite Oxidation Rates; Microbial Control; Review of Naturally Occurring Acid Drainage; Geochemistry in Perspective; Preventing Aerobic Respiration: AMD Control; Summary References and Suggested Reading 4 Trace Element Geochemistry and Acid Rock Drainage; Introduction; Trace element Geology; Site Studies; Sampling; Analysis; Preparation; Decomposition; Determination; Bulk- and Single-Source Analyses; Data Analysis; Summary; References and Suggested Reading; 5 The Microbiology of Acid Drainage; Role of Microorganisms in the Sulfur Cycle; Natural Oxidation in the Sulfur Cycle; Natural Reduction in the Sulfur Cycle; Other Microorganism Reactions in the Sulfur Cycle; Acknowledgment; References and Suggested Reading 6 Natural Acid Rock Generation, Drainage, and Metal Leaching: Impact on Exploration, Mining, and Reclamation Introduction; Acid Rock Drainage; Gossan Formation; Supergene Mineralization; Acid Rock Generation and Drainage Through Time; Natural Metal Concentrations; Geoenvironmental Models; Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References and Suggested Reading; 7 The Sulfur Cycle: Acid Drainage and Beyond; Some Background And Fundamentals Of Microbial Life; Review of the Chemistry of Acid Mine Drainage; The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth; Important Background Details; The Origin of Life Conditions on the Early Earth |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139132203321 |
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental considerations associated with hydraulic fracturing operations : adjusting to the shale revolution in a green world / / James A. Jacobs, Stephen M. Testa |
Autore | Jacobs James A (James Alan), <1956-> |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (579 pages) |
Disciplina | 622.3381 |
Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks |
Soggetto topico |
Hydraulic fracturing - Safety measures
Hydraulic fracturing - Environmental aspects |
ISBN |
1-119-33611-2
1-119-33612-0 1-119-33610-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554878803321 |
Jacobs James A (James Alan), <1956-> | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental considerations associated with hydraulic fracturing operations : adjusting to the shale revolution in a green world / / James A. Jacobs, Stephen M. Testa |
Autore | Jacobs James A (James Alan), <1956-> |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2019] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (579 pages) |
Disciplina | 622.3381 |
Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks |
Soggetto topico |
Hydraulic fracturing - Safety measures
Hydraulic fracturing - Environmental aspects |
ISBN |
1-119-33611-2
1-119-33612-0 1-119-33610-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816580303321 |
Jacobs James A (James Alan), <1956-> | ||
Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2019] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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