Long-term changes in the quality of polluted minewater discharges from abandoned underground coal workings in Scotland

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 1 pt 1, 1999, Pages 69-79

  Wood, S C ^a,b   Younger, P L ^a   Robins, N S ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandoned mines; Acid mine drainage; Coal mines; Polluted water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; SULFATES;

ABANDONED MINES; ALKALINITY; CARBONATES; COAL MINES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; IRON; PH; PYRITES; REMEDIATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

WATER QUALITY;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL MINING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033083740     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1999.032.P1.05     Document Type: Article

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