Chemical and physical controls on waters discharged from abandoned underground coal mines

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-60

  Lopez D L ^a   Stoertz, M W ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; COAL INDUSTRY; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; STRESS RELIEF; SUBSIDENCE; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; DISCHARGE CONCENTRATION; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; GROUND SURFACES; HIGH SULPHUR COAL; PHYSICAL CONTROL; SURFACE RUNOFFS; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE;

COAL MINES;

EID: 0040332005     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/geochem.1.1.51     Document Type: Article

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