Impacts of mining on water resources in South Africa: A review

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 5, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3351-3357

  Ochieng, George M ^a   Seanego, Ephrahim S ^a   Nkwonta, Onyeka I ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b MANGOSUTHU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Blesbokspruit; Klip; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650587051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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