Post-reclamation water quality trend in a Mid-Appalachian watershed of abandoned mine lands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 941-948

  Wei, Xinchao ^a   Wei, Honghong ^b   Viadero, Roger C ^c  

^a SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned mine land; Acid mine drainage; Mine reclamation; Reforestation; Revegetation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINE LANDS; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; COAL MINING; DOMINANT FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LAND COVER; METAL PRECIPITATION; MINE DRAINAGE; MINE RECLAMATION; MINING ACTIVITIES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RECLAMATION WATER; STATISTIC ANALYSIS; STREAM CONDITION; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WATER QUALITY TRENDS;

ABANDONED MINES; DRAINAGE; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUALITY CONTROL; RATING; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

METAL; SULFATE;

ABANDONED MINE; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL MINE; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND RECLAMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; LAND USE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WEST VIRGINIA;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 78651446892     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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