Attenuation and diel cycling of coal-mine drainage constituents in a passive treatment wetland: A case study from Lambert Run, West Virginia, USA

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 795-808

  Vesper, Dorothy J ^a   Smilley, Michael J ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC PH; CARBONATE COMPLEXES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DIEL CYCLES; DYNAMIC NATURE; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; METAL REMOVAL; MINE DRAINAGE; MOVING WATER; NEUTRAL SPECIES; NORTH AMERICAN; OXYHYDROXIDES; PASSIVE TREATMENT; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; SORPTION PROCESS; SOURCE WATERS; SURFACE-FLOW WETLAND; TEMPERATURE CYCLES; WARM WATER; WEST VIRGINIA;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRAINAGE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; SORPTION;

WETLANDS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL MINE; DIEL VARIATION; IRON; MINE DRAINAGE; OXIDATION; PH; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SHALE; SORPTION; WETLAND; YTTRIUM;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 77954865577     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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