Pit lakes of the Central German lignite mining district: Creation, morphometry and water quality aspects

Limnologica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-155

  Schultze, Martin ^a   Pokrandt, Karl Heinz ^b   Hille, Wolfram ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau Verwaltungsgesellschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidification; Eutrophication; Lignite mining; Pit lake; Remediation; Saline groundwater; Trace contaminants; Water management

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; LAKE POLLUTION; LIGNITE; MORPHOMETRY; OXIDATION; PYRITE; REMEDIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 77649188557     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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