Passive Treatment of Acidic Coal Mine Drainage: The Anna S Mine Passive Treatment Complex

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Hedin, Robert ^a   Weaver, Ted ^a   Wolfe, Neil ^a   Weaver, Kimberly ^a  

^a Hedin Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Coal mining; Passive treatment

Indexed keywords

ANNA;

EID: 77956437055     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0117-1     Document Type: Article

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