Chemical properties of water in a flooded opencast sulphur mine

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-153

  Żurek, Roman ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Discriminant analysis; Katalimnion; Meromictic lakes; Opencast; Pit lake sulphide; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MINERALIZATION; OPENCAST MINING; PHOTIC ZONE; RESERVOIR FLOODING; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33745641517     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-005-9024-0     Document Type: Article

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