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Long-Term Removal and Retention of Iron and Manganese from Acidic Mine Drainage by Wetlands. Volume 2. Tarutis Thesis.

PB90229907

Publication Date	1990
Personal Author	Brooks, R. P.; Unz, R. F.; Davis, L. K.; Tarutis, W. J.; Yanchunas, J.
Page Count	152
Abstract	The behavior of sedimentary iron and manganese in a volunteer wetland receiving mine drainage on a reclaimed coal surface mine in Pennsylvania was characterized to determine if these metals can be retained in the sediments. Five metal fractions sensitive to changes in environmental conditions were examined. The potential for the association of iron and manganese with organic carbon and sulfur was studied to evaluate diagenetic changes important to metal cycling in wetland sedimentary environments. The aerobic zone was characterized by an abundance of iron and manganese oxides, organic carbon, and sulfur in the sediment, and virtually no dissolved iron and manganese in the interstitial water. The anaerobic zone was characterized by relatively low levels of iron and manganese oxides and a concomitant increase of dissolved iron and manganese in the interstitial water. The low concentration of metal sulfides and the high carbon/sulfur ratios observed suggest that sulfate reduction was a relatively unimportant process for metal removal. In the wetland studied, the aerobic zone was more important in metal retention than the anaerobic zone based on the results of multivariate analysis.
Keywords	Mine waters Sediments Water pollution control Iron Manganese Coal mining Water chemistry Theses Pennsylvania Metals Aerobic processes Sulfur Soil surveys Sampling Chemical analysis Data processing Concentration(Composition) Computer programs Acid mine drainage Wetlands Retention functions Sediment-water interfaces Organic matter Land pollution Long term effects
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68D - Water Pollution & Control 48G - Hydrology & Limnology 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Environmental Resources Research Inst.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	See also Volume 1, PB90-229899. Sponsored by Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Jul 87-Jan 90.
NTIS Issue Number	199018
Contract Number	H0378022

Long-Term Removal and Retention of Iron and Manganese from Acidic Mine Drainage by Wetlands. Volume 2. Tarutis Thesis.

Long-Term Removal and Retention of Iron and Manganese from Acidic Mine Drainage by Wetlands. Volume 2. Tarutis Thesis.
PB90229907

Publication Date	1990
Personal Author	Brooks, R. P.; Unz, R. F.; Davis, L. K.; Tarutis, W. J.; Yanchunas, J.
Page Count	152
Abstract	The behavior of sedimentary iron and manganese in a volunteer wetland receiving mine drainage on a reclaimed coal surface mine in Pennsylvania was characterized to determine if these metals can be retained in the sediments. Five metal fractions sensitive to changes in environmental conditions were examined. The potential for the association of iron and manganese with organic carbon and sulfur was studied to evaluate diagenetic changes important to metal cycling in wetland sedimentary environments. The aerobic zone was characterized by an abundance of iron and manganese oxides, organic carbon, and sulfur in the sediment, and virtually no dissolved iron and manganese in the interstitial water. The anaerobic zone was characterized by relatively low levels of iron and manganese oxides and a concomitant increase of dissolved iron and manganese in the interstitial water. The low concentration of metal sulfides and the high carbon/sulfur ratios observed suggest that sulfate reduction was a relatively unimportant process for metal removal. In the wetland studied, the aerobic zone was more important in metal retention than the anaerobic zone based on the results of multivariate analysis.
Keywords	Mine waters Sediments Water pollution control Iron Manganese Coal mining Water chemistry Theses Pennsylvania Metals Aerobic processes Sulfur Soil surveys Sampling Chemical analysis Data processing Concentration(Composition) Computer programs Acid mine drainage Wetlands Retention functions Sediment-water interfaces Organic matter Land pollution Long term effects
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68D - Water Pollution & Control 48G - Hydrology & Limnology 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Environmental Resources Research Inst.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	See also Volume 1, PB90-229899. Sponsored by Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Jul 87-Jan 90.
NTIS Issue Number	199018
Contract Number	H0378022