Long-term water quality trends at a sealed, partially flooded underground mine

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-65

  Stoertz, Mary W ^a   Hughes, Michael L ^a   Wanner, Nathaniel S ^b   Farley, Mitchell E ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Smalley and Associates   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid Mine Drainage; Hydraulic Sealing; Inundation; Mine Flooding; Mine Sealing; Natural Attenuation

Indexed keywords

MUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0040481413     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.7.1.51     Document Type: Article

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