Acid-base accounting: A geochemical tool for management of acid drainage in coal mines

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 106-110

  Siddharth, S ^a   Jamal, A ^a   Dhar, B B ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acid production potential (APP); Acid base account; Neutralization potential (NP); Physical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649160330     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102300200030     Document Type: Article

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