Quality Assessment of Mine Water in the Raniganj Coalfield Area, India

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 248-262

  Singh, Abhay Kumar ^a   Mahato, Mukesh K ^a   Neogi, Babita ^a   Singh, K K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogeochemistry; Mine water; Raniganj coalfield; Residual sodium carbonate; Sodium adsorption ratio; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649853561     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0108-2     Document Type: Article

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