Influence of coal mining on regional karst groundwater system: A case study in West Mountain area of Taiyuan City, northern China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1525-1535

  Qiao, Xiaojuan ^a   Li, Guomin ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Zhou, Jinlong ^a   Du, Jie ^b   Du, Chengyuan ^b   Sun, Zhonghui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Taiyuan Water Resources Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Coal mine; Hydrochemistry; Karst groundwater system; Taiyuan, China; Three dimensional models

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS; HYDROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARSTIC LIMESTONE; NORTHERN CHINA; OVEREXPLOITATION; QUANTITATIVE INFLUENCE; STUDY AREAS; TAIYUAN, CHINA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GROUNDWATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WATER ROCK INTERACTIONS;

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LANDFORMS; SPRINGS (WATER); THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

COAL MINING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; KARST; LIMESTONE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

CHINA; SHANXI;

EID: 80255132943     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0586-3     Document Type: Article

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