Long-term changes in quality of discharge water from abandoned underground coal mines in Uniontown Syncline, Fayette County, PA, USA

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-288

  Lambert, Douglas C ^a   McDonough, Kathleen M ^a   Dzombak, David A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Drainage; Flood; Mine; Natural attenuation; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); IRON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

NATURAL AMELIORATION; SYNCLINES;

COAL MINES;

IRON; PYRITE; SULFATE; WATER; COAL; SULFIDE; SULFITE;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL MINE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; FLOODING; FOLLOW UP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY; MINING; PH; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANT;

FAYETTE COUNTY [PENNSYLVANIA]; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MINING; NATURAL DISASTERS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY CONTROL; SULFIDES; SULFITES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 1542437506     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2003.09.017     Document Type: Article

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