As part of an extensive
study of the environmental impacts of the abandoned CU-S mines at Avoca in
County Wicklow in Ireland, extensive studies were made of the river sediments
and their toxicity. Originally written in 1995, this report examines the background
to this study by reviewing the interactions of metals with the sediments
including speciation, sorption processes (i.e. Interaction with particulate
matter the role of hydrous oxides), as well as the sediment itself (i.e.
sediment composition, grain size effects, transport and pollutant pathways).
The toxicity of sediment-bound metals to aquatic organisms is also explored. The study explores the effects of acid mine drainage on the River Avoca.
Environmental
Impact of Acid Mine Drainage on the River Avoca: Metal fluxes in Water and Sediment. Part
I. Introduction to Metal Accumulation in
Riverine Sediments. C. Herr and N.F. Gray. Water Technology Research, Technical
Report 19.
ISBN: 978-1-912290-01-7 (e-book) 15th
May 2017
(edepositIreland: open access) http://hdl.handle.net/2262/80090
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