Abandoned Mine Drainage in the Swatara Creek Basin, Southern Anthracite Coalfield, Pennsylvania, USA: 2. Performance of Treatment Systems

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-216

  Cravotta III, Charles A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal mines; Diversion well; Limestone channel; Limestone drain; Limestone sand; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956422199     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0113-5     Document Type: Article

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