Evaluating crab-shell chitin, lactate, and spent mushroom compost for acid mine drainage remediation in central pennsylvania

25th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 10th Meeting of IALR 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 923-938

  Robinson Lora, M A ^a   Brennan, R A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIC WATER; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AVERAGE RATE; CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA; DISSOLVED METALS; ELECTRON DONORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; MICROBIAL SOURCES; MINING ACTIVITIES; PENNSYLVANIA; RAPID RELEASE; RAW WATER; REDUCTION RATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SERUM BOTTLES; SODIUM LACTATE; SPECIFIC AREAS; SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE REDUCTION; SUSTAINABLE WASTE;

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHITIN; LAND RECLAMATION; MANGANESE; PH; POLLUTION; SHELLFISH; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SODIUM; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

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EID: 84865427152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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