Engineering design aspects of passive in situ remediation of mining effluents

Land Contamination and Reclamation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-126

  Laine, David M ^a   Jarvis, Adam P ^a  

^a IMC Group Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Design; Maintenance; Mine water; Passive treatment

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; REMEDIATION;

EFFLUENT; IRON SULFIDE; MINE DRAINAGE; PYRITE; REMEDIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0042065472     PISSN: 09670513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2462/09670513.805     Document Type: Article

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