Reconnaissance geologic investigations by I.L. Tailleur in 1968 noted the presence of widespread iron-oxide staining in creek beds in the Wulik River and Ikalukrok Creek drainages of the western Brooks Range. A brief examination of one of these creeks revealed the presence of weathered sulfide-bearing bedrock and stream sediments containing more than 10 percent lead (Tailleur, 1970). Tailleur n...

This paper describes the effects of pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), redox conditions, and mixing ratio of different rocks on the leaching behaviors of As and Pb from hydrothermally altered rock as well as the functional groups incorporating As and Pb in the rock. Most of As and Pb were incorporated in the residual or crystalline phase although significant amounts were also determined to be exchangea...

Investigations were carried out to isolate microbial strains from soil, mud and water samples from metallurgically polluted environment for bioremediation of toxic heavy metals. As a result of primary and secondary screening various 72 acidothermophilic autotrophic microbes were isolated and adapted for metal tolerance and biosorption potentiality. The multi-metal tolerance was developed with h...

Jarosite, KFe(3)(SO(4))(2)(OH)(6), is a secondary iron sulphate often found in acid mine drainage (AMD) environments, particularly in mining wastes from polymetallic sulphide ore deposits. Despite the negative environmental connotation usually ascribed to secondary sulphate minerals due to the release of hazardous elements to aquifers and soils, jarosite acts as an efficient remover and immobil...

By WILLIAM KERPPOLA, M.I).* P HOSPHATASE can be demonstrated in tissues by means of reliable histochemical methods. Such a method! w’as described for alkaline phosphatase in 1939 by Gomori,#{176}’ and in the same year by Takamatsu.2 Two years later Gomori#{176} described his method for demonstrating acid phosphatase. The principle on which these methods are based is to incubate slices of tissue...

Saline wastewaters can be produced from industrial activities, the use of seawater and brackish water in urban environments, or due to saline water infiltration into the sewer system. This can lead to sulfate-rich wastewater that under anaerobic conditions and the presence of electron donors can result in sulfide production. This study focuses on evaluating the sulfide effects on the biological...