Case Study: Inflow of Groundwater into Open-Cast Mine Hambach, Germany

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 608-615

  Spiller, Martin ^a   Forkel, Christian ^b   Köngeter, Jürgen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case reports; Drainage; Germany; Ground water; Piping erosion; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINING; AQUIFERS; CLAY; HYDRAULICS; LIGNITE; MINES; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER RESOURCES;

CASE REPORTS; CASE-STUDIES; CHEMICAL DATA; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GERMANY; KEY ISSUES; MINING ACTIVITIES; OPENCAST MINE; PIPING EROSION; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FRACTURED COAL SEAMS; HIGH PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

COAL SEAM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFLOW; OPENCAST MINING; POLLUTION CONTROL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 3142744087     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2004)130:7(608)     Document Type: Article

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