Environmental problems in the Estonian oil shale industry

Energy and Environmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 723-728

  Raukas, Anto ^a   Punning, Jaan Mati ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ESTONIA; ESTONIAN OIL SHALE; MINED OUT AREA; POWER STATION; PRODUCTION RESIDUES; SELF IGNITION; SEMI-COKE; WASTE DUMPS; WASTE HEAP;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINING; SHALE; SHALE OIL; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE INCINERATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

OIL SHALE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMBUSTION; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DEWATERING; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIMESTONE; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL SHALE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POWER PLANT; SHALE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349439185     PISSN: 17545692     EISSN: 17545706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b819315k     Document Type: Article

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