Dissolved metals and associated constituents in abandoned coal-mine discharges, Pennsylvania, USA. Part 2: Geochemical controls on constituent concentrations

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-226

  Cravotta III, Charles A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MINES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS;

BITUMINOUS DISCHARGES; DISSOLVED METALS; GEOCHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS;

METALS;

ABANDONED MINE; ADSORPTION; CATION; COAL MINE; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESIGN; EQUILIBRIUM; GROUNDWATER; MODEL; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949166736     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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