Sizing and performance estimation of coal mine drainage wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 353-372

  Tarutis Jr , William J ^a   Stark, Lloyd R ^b   Williams, Frederick M ^c  

^a Department of Natural Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c 208 Mueller Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal mine drainage; Constructed wetlands; Efficiency; First order removal; Loading rate; Removal kinetics; Sizing; Zero order removal

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; EFFLUENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMEDIATION; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0345130062     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(98)00114-1     Document Type: Article

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