Influent water quality affects performance of passive treatment systems for acid mine drainage

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-143

  Zipper, Carl E ^a   Skousen, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acidity; Limestone dissolution; Passive treatment; Retention time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953545164     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0101-9     Document Type: Article

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