Cadmium sources, mobility, and natural attenuation in contrasting environments (carbonate-rich and carbonate-poor) in the Capillitas polymetallic mineral deposit …

PA Yaciuk, F Colombo, KL Lecomte, G De Micco… - Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cadmium is one of the most toxic metals commonly released due to mining activities.
However, its dynamic in contrasting mining environments has not been exhaustively studied …

[PDF][PDF] Prediction of acid mine drainage (AMD) and metal release sources at the Küre Copper Mine Site, Kastamonu, NW Turkey

N Balci, C Demirel - Mine Water and the Environment, 2018 - researchgate.net
Waste and lithological rocks were subjected to aqueous leaching, acid base accounting
(ABA), and net acid generation (NAG) tests, and detailed mineralogical investigations were …

The impact of heavy metals in water from abandoned mine on human health

E Singovszka, M Balintova, N Junakova - SN Applied Sciences, 2020 - Springer
The present study was conducted to investigate the heavy metal (Mn, Cu, Zn, As, and Cd)
concentration of surface water in Smolnik creek in Slovakia. Furthermore, the study was …

Evaluating abiotic and microbial factors on carbonate precipitation in Lake Acigöl, a hypersaline lake in Southwestern Turkey

N Balci, C Demirel, SA Ön, AH Gültekin, MA Kurt - Quaternary International, 2018 - Elsevier
The recent carbonate precipitation occurs in Lake Acıgöl, a hypersaline playa lake.
Elucidating precipitation mechanisms of carbonate minerals under particularly …

Tetrathionate and elemental sulfur shape the isotope composition of sulfate in acid mine drainage

N Balci, B Brunner, AV Turchyn - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Sulfur compounds in intermediate valence states, for example elemental sulfur, thiosulfate,
and tetrathionate, are important players in the biogeochemical sulfur cycle. However, key …

Generation of acid mine lakes associated with abandoned coal mines in Northwest Turkey

D Sanliyuksel Yucel, N Balci, A Baba - Archives of Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
A total of five acid mine lakes (AMLs) located in northwest Turkey were investigated using
combined isotope, molecular, and geochemical techniques to identify geochemical …

[PDF][PDF] Generation of acid mine lakes associated with abandoned coal mines in Northwest Turkey

DS Yucel, N Balci, A Baba - Archives of Environmental …, 2016 - openaccess.iyte.edu.tr
A total of five acid mine lakes (AMLs) located in northwest Turkey were investigated using
combined isotope, molecular, and geochemical techniques to identify geochemical …

Formation of carbonate nanoglobules by a mixed natural culture under hypersaline conditions

N Balci, C Demirel - Minerals, 2016 - mdpi.com
The present study demonstrated formation of Ca and P rich nanoglobules by a mixed natural
halophilic population enriched from hypersaline lake sediments in laboratory culture …

S and O isotope ratios of sulfate suggest enhanced monosulfides oxidation in a historical Pb–Zn mine site

N Balci, Y Gunes, F Sekerci, E Sarı - Applied Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Aqueous and solid tailings geochemistry of two contrasting depositional sites (water-
saturated and subaerial) in a historical Pb–Zn mine tailings in Balya, Turkey were chemically …

Reuse of Acid Bioleachate in Bacterial Oxidation of a Refractory Gold Sulfide Concentrate

SH Andrianandraina, H Darvishi-Alamdari, JF Blais - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacterial pre-oxidation of refractory gold concentrates generates large volumes of leachate
and requires a significant supply of nutrients to support bacterial growth. Therefore …