Source treatment of acid mine drainage at a backfilled coal mine using remote sensing and biogeochemistry

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 188, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 205-212

  Jin, Song ^a   Fallgren, Paul H ^a   Morris, Jeffrey M ^a   Cooper, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a WESTERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Biological source treatment; Bioremediation; Electromagnetic induction survey; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COAL MINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PH; REMOTE SENSING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOLOGICAL SOURCE TREATMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SURVEY;

DRAINAGE;

COAL; GROUND WATER; SULFIDE;

BIOFILMS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COAL MINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PH; REMOTE SENSING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; PYRITE; REMOTE SENSING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PH; REMOTE SENSING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349124848     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9536-4     Document Type: Article

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