Hydrogeochemical characteristics of acid mine drainage around the abandoned Youngdong coal mine in Korea

Resource Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-120

  Chon, Hyo Taek ^a   Kim, Ju Yong ^a   Choi, Si Young ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Geochemical modelling; Heavy metals; Imgok creek; Schwertmannite

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOETHITE; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SATURATION; SCHWERTMANNITE;

KOREA;

EID: 0013335242     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.1999.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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