Understanding the water quality of pit lakes: The increase in deep pit mining in western North America raises concerns about the environmental impact of mine closure

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Miller, Glenn C ^a   Lyons, W Berry ^b   Davis, Andy ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Geomega   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; LAKE; MINING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030044519     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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