Downflow limestone beds for treatment of net-acidic, oxic, iron-laden drainage from a flooded Anthracite Mine, Pennsylvania, USA: 1. Field evaluation

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-85

  Cravotta III, Charles A ^a   Ward, Suzanne J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal mine drainage; Compost; Dolomite; Downflow beds; Limestone; Passive treatment

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 43449134998     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-008-0029-5     Document Type: Article

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