Distribution and environmental impact of coal-mining wastes in Upper Silesia, Poland

Environmental Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-258

  Szczepanska, J ^a   Twardowska, I ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coal mining waste; Ground water pollution; Leachate; Pore solutions

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ROCKS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

COAL-MINING WASTES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINE WASTE; POLLUTION;

POLAND; UPPER SILESIA;

EID: 0032859302     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050422     Document Type: Article

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