Effects of mineral weathering and acid mine drainage on Pco2 in Davis Mine Brook and Maxwell Brook Watersheds, Rowe, Ma.

• Main Author: Armanetti, Casey L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Smith ScholarWorks 2018
• Subjects: Acid mine drainage; Pyrite; Mineral weathering; Carbon flux; Watershed comparison; Weathering; Watersheds-Massachusetts-Rowe; Water-Pollution; Geology; Rowe; Carbonic acid
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/1994; https://scholarworks.smith.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3071&context=theses

Acid mine drainage (AMD), an acidic iron-rich leachate that is characterized by low pH and high concentrations of sulfate and dissolved metals, is the most important mining-related water pollution problem in the world. AMD has the potential to affect the global carbon cycle by releasing CO2 to the a...