Sanliurfa limestone is becoming increasingly popular for both interior and exterior building applications in the local area in south east Turkey, being easy to cut and shape and suitable for many purposes. Although these limestones are low cost construction materials, they are not widely used elsewhere due to the lack of data regarding their chemical, physico-thermal and mechanical properties a...

The present study investigated the applicability of constructed wetlands (CWs) filled with oyster shells (OSs) for removing heavy metals from acid mine drainage (AMD). Lab-scale CWs consisted columns (ID 12.5 cm, H 50 cm) packed OSs or limestone, which were left unplanted planted cattails. Synthetic and real AMD containing 7.3 mg/L Zn, 38.0 Fe, other minerals (pH = 4.0) fed to (1 L/column) unde...