Mitigating AMD impacts in New Zealand using engineered wetlands

7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1170-1176

  McCauley, Craig A ^a   O'Sullivan, Aisling D ^a,b   Weber, Paul ^b   Lindsay, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Solid Energy New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Aluminum; Coal mining; Iron; New Zealand; Steep topography; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; COAL DEPOSITS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DRAINAGE; IRON; PH; PYRITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALUMINUM CONCENTRATION; COAL MINING; ENGINEERED WETLAND SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTIC; NEW ZEALAND; PASSIVE TREATMENT METHOD; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY;

COAL MINES;

EID: 60549091132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06021170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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