Modelling rock-water interactions in flooded underground coal mines, Northern Appalachian Basin

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-70

  Perry, Eric F ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid drainage; Inverse model; Ion exchange; Mine pool; Neutralization; Pittsburgh seam; Sulphate salts

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COAL INDUSTRY; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; IRON COMPOUNDS; LAKES; MINE FLOODING; PH; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

ACID DRAINAGE; INVERSE MODELING; NEUTRALIZATION; PITTSBURGH; SULPHATES;

COAL MINES;

EID: 0011739584     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem.1.1.61     Document Type: Article

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