Leaching potentials of coal spoil and refuse: Acid-base interactions and electrical conductivity

Joint Mining Reclamation Conf. 2010 - 27th Meeting of the ASMR, 12th Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conf. and 4th Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Mined Land Reforestation Conf.

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 736-766

  Orndorff, Zenah ^a   Lee Daniels, W ^a   Beck, Mike ^a   Eick, Matt ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base reactions; Leachate; Overburden; Total dissolved solids

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ALKALINITY; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PH EFFECTS; PYRITES; RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

ACID BASE INTERACTION; ACID-BASE REACTIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHATES; LONG-TERM LEACHING; OVERBURDEN; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; UNSATURATED CONDITION;

MAGNESIUM;

EID: 84867066120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr10010736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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