Chemical and physical properties of iron hydroxide precipitates associated with passively treated coal mine drainage in the Bituminous Region of Pennsylvania and Maryland

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1445-1460

  Kairies, Candace L ^a   Capo, Rosemary C ^b   Watzlaf, George R ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DRAINAGE; METALS; POSITIVE IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SORPTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CATION VACANCIES; COAL MINE DRAINAGE (CMD); CRYSTALLINITY; IRON HYDROXIDE PRECIPITATES;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL MINE; IRON HYDROXIDE; REMEDIATION;

EID: 23044509296     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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