The combined impact of mine drainage in the Ankobra River Basin, SW Ghana

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-64

  Akabzaa, T M ^a   Jamieson, H E ^b   Jorgenson, Niels ^c   Nyame, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ankobra River; Drainage; Ghana; Mine; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449209745     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-008-0057-1     Document Type: Article

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