Mine-water chemistry: The good, the bad and the ugly

Environmental Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-174

  Banks, David ^a,e   Younger, Paul L ^b   Arnesen, Rolf Tore ^c   Iversen, Egil R ^c   Banks, Sheila B ^d,e  

^a University of Newcastle ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^e Norges Geologiske U   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Mime water Chemistry; Mine water pollution; Mine water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; MINE DRAINAGE; MINE WATER;

EID: 0030717161     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050204     Document Type: Article

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