Causes and impacts of a mine water spill from an acidic pit lake (Iberian Pyrite Belt).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.011
Abstract: In May 2017, a spill from La Zarza pit lake (SW Spain) resulted in the release of approximately 270,000 m3 of extremely acidic waters to the Odiel River. Around 780 × 103 kg of Fe, 170 × 103 kg of Al, 2.15 × 103 kg… read more here.
Keywords: spill; water; river; impacts mine ... See more keywords
Putative Mixotrophic Nitrifying-Denitrifying Gammaproteobacteria Implicated in Nitrogen Cycling Within the Ammonia/Oxygen Transition Zone of an Oil Sands Pit Lake
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02435
Abstract: Anthropogenically-impacted environments offer the opportunity to discover novel microbial species and metabolisms, which may be undetectable in natural systems. Here, a combined metagenomic and geochemical study in Base Mine Lake, Alberta, Canada, which is the… read more here.
Keywords: oxygen; oil sands; ammonia; oxygen transition ... See more keywords
Non-charismatic waterbodies and ecosystem disservices: Mine pit lakes are underrepresented in the literature
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1063594
Abstract: Pit lakes are one of the greatest legacies of open-cut mining. Despite the potential hazards of these lakes, they represent newly formed ecosystems with great scientific and ecological potential. Although thousands of pit lakes occur… read more here.
Keywords: pit lake; pit lakes; pit; underrepresented literature ... See more keywords