@article{10272/23136,
year = {2016},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23136},
abstract = {Water resources management and restoration strategies, and subsequently ecological and human life quality, are
highly influenced by the presence of short and long term cycles affecting the intensity of a targeted pollution. On
this respect, a typical acid mine drainage (AMD) groundwater froma sulfide mining district with dryMediterranean
climate (Iberian Pyrite Belt, SW Spain) was studied to unravel the effect of long term weather changes in
water flow rate and metal pollutants concentration. Three well differentiated polluting stages were observed
and the specific geochemical, mineralogical and hydrological processes involved (pyrite and enclosing rocks dissolution,
evaporitic salts precipitation-redisolution and pluviometric long term fluctuations) were discussed.
Evidencing the importance of including longer background monitoring stage in AMD management and restoration
strategies, the present study strongly advise a minimum5-years period of AMD continuous monitoring previous
to the design of any AMD remediation system in regions with dry Mediterranean climate.},
organization = {This study was financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science an Innovation through the project CGL2013-48460-C2 and project TAAM, FEDER-INNTERCONECTA Program, Ref. ITC-20111083. M.A.C. was financially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and the Post-doctoral International Mobility Subprogramme I + D + i 2008–2011. M.A.C. gratefully acknowledge the support form the Advanced Mining Technology Center of the University of Chile.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
title = {Long term fluctuations of groundwatermine pollution in a sulfide mining district with dry Mediterranean climate: Implications for water resources management and remediation},
doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.156},
author = {Caraballo Monge, Manuel Antonio and Macías Suárez, Francisco and Nieto Liñán, José Miguel and Ayora, Carlos},
}