Acid mine drainage tracer tests

7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 2490-2501

  Wolkersdorfer, Christian ^a  

^a TU Begakademie Freiberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flooded shaft; Mine water; Mine water pollution; Underground mining

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DRAINAGE; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MINE FLOODING; PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; FLOODED SHAFT; HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOUR; MINE WATER POLLUTION; MINE WATERS; REMEDIATION DESIGN; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; UNDERGROUND MINING;

RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

EID: 84868613758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06022490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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