Optimum sampling density for the prediction of acid mine drainage in an underground sulphide mine

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-242

  Modis, Kostas ^a   Komnitsas, Kostas ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 36448932696     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-007-0014-4     Document Type: Article

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