Weathering of sulphide minerals produces a large variety of Fe-oxide-bearing ochreous,
varicoloured precipitates and efflorescences of variably soluble sulphate salts. These …

Environmental context Legacy contamination from mining operations is a serious and
complex environmental problem. We examine a former uranium mine where groundwater …

Abstract Hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3) surfaces represent one of the most common redox-active
interfaces in the environment, playing an important role in the biogeochemical cycling of …

The mineralogical and chemical evolution of ochreous precipitates forming from acid mine
drainage (AMD) from the abandoned Libiola Fe–Cu-sulfide mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy) was …

In this work, we investigated a 3 ha sulphide-bearing waste-rock dump (Libiola Mine, Italy)
using mineralogical, geochemical, and geostatistical analyses. The dumped materials were …

Metal-polluted mine waters represent a major threat to the quality of waters and sediments in
a downstream basin. At the confluence between acidic mine waters and the unpolluted …

Magnetic hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3) and goethite (α-FeOOH) nanoparticles, formed in the
abandoned Libiola Mine (Liguria, Italy) as a result of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) processes …

Environmental contamination has become a global problem of increasing intensity due to
the exponential growth of industrialization. One main debated issue is the metal …

A study on the Rare Earth Element (REE) distribution in the bottom sediments of the Gulf of
Tigullio (north-west Italy) was conducted. The results constitute a baseline for this zone of …

The study tailing pond shows a particular geometry resulting from the tailings stockpiles
deposited onto the northern part of the beach. This generated three types of superficial …