The problem of acid mine drainage, with an illustrative case history

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-392

  Bell, F G ^a   Bullock, S E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Geochemistry; Mining; Pollution; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ACID MIND DRAINAGE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; TIN MINE;

SOUTH AFRICA, TRANSVAAL;

EID: 0030428483     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.ii.3.369     Document Type: Article

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