Environmental characterisation of coal mine waste rock in the field: An example from New Zealand

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1501-1509

  Hughes, J ^a   Craw, D ^a   Peake, B ^a   Lindsay, P ^b   Weber, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Acid base accounting; Calcite; Mine; Overburden; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

ACID GENERATION POTENTIAL; ACID NEUTRALISATION CAPACITY; CALCAREOUS COAL MINE; KINETIC TESTS; MINE OPERATIONS; WASTE ROCK;

CALIBRATION; CHARACTERIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; PH EFFECTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

COAL MINES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID NEUTRALIZATION; ACIDITY; CALCITE; CALIBRATION; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COAL MINE; DISSOLUTION; EXCAVATION; MINE WASTE; OVERBURDEN; PH; PYRITE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34447625025     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0594-5     Document Type: Article

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