Dissolved metals and associated constituents in abandoned coal-mine discharges, Pennsylvania, USA. Part 1: Constituent quantities and correlations

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-202

  Cravotta III, Charles A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REMEDIATION; SAMPLING; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CLEAN SAMPLING; COAL MINE DISCHARGES (CMD);

METALS;

ABANDONED MINE; COAL MINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GOLD; PIGMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949166730     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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