Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2015, Pages 775–780
Tarik Bahaj1, Moad Morarech2, Nadia Kassou3, Mohamed Hilali4, Ilias Kacimi5, and Rachida Daghmoumi6
1 Department of Earth Sciences, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco
2 Department of Earth Sciences, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Earth Sciences, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco
4 Department of Earth Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Er-Rachidia, Morocco
5 Laboratoire d'Océanologie, Géodynamique et Génie Géologique, Faculté des Sciences Agdal-Rabat, Morocco
6 Department of Earth Sciences, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
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The abandoned mine area of the High Moulouya District still represents an important resource. Main activities closely related to the abandoned mine are artisanal extraction, fossil and mineral trade, tourism, agriculture, and scientific research. The aim of this work is to investigate the geochemistry of open pits and waters flowing out of abandoned mine galleries. These waters are used by the inhabitants for agricultural purposes. The quality of those waters is moderately bad, the waters show contamination by trace and heavy metal.
Author Keywords: abandoned mine, mine water, Water quality, water geochemistry, openpits.
Tarik Bahaj1, Moad Morarech2, Nadia Kassou3, Mohamed Hilali4, Ilias Kacimi5, and Rachida Daghmoumi6
1 Department of Earth Sciences, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco
2 Department of Earth Sciences, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Earth Sciences, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco
4 Department of Earth Sciences, Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Er-Rachidia, Morocco
5 Laboratoire d'Océanologie, Géodynamique et Génie Géologique, Faculté des Sciences Agdal-Rabat, Morocco
6 Department of Earth Sciences, Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science, Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The abandoned mine area of the High Moulouya District still represents an important resource. Main activities closely related to the abandoned mine are artisanal extraction, fossil and mineral trade, tourism, agriculture, and scientific research. The aim of this work is to investigate the geochemistry of open pits and waters flowing out of abandoned mine galleries. These waters are used by the inhabitants for agricultural purposes. The quality of those waters is moderately bad, the waters show contamination by trace and heavy metal.
Author Keywords: abandoned mine, mine water, Water quality, water geochemistry, openpits.
How to Cite this Article
Tarik Bahaj, Moad Morarech, Nadia Kassou, Mohamed Hilali, Ilias Kacimi, and Rachida Daghmoumi, “Open pits geochemistry form the abandoned mine area of the High Moulouya District (NE-Morocco),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 775–780, December 2015.
