The status of the passive treatment systems for acid mine drainage in South Korea

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1181-1194

  Ji, Sangwoo ^a   Kim, Sunjoon ^b   Ko, Juin ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Successive alkalinity producing systems (SAPS); Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB)

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALKALINITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DRAINAGE; METAL RECOVERY; MILITARY ENGINEERING; MINING; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); PASSIVE TREATMENT; SUCCESSIVE ALKALINITY PRODUCING SYSTEMS (SAPS); SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA (SRB);

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; LEAKAGE; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 50849106069     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1064-4     Document Type: Article

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