Investigating the source of contaminated plumes downstream of the Alborz Sharghi coal washing plant using EM34 conductivity data, VLF-EM and DC-resistivity geophysical methods

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-24

  Shiraz, Farzin Amirkhani ^a   Ardejani, Faramarz Doulati ^a   Moradzadeh, Ali ^a   Arab Amiri, Ali Reza ^a  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

acid mine drainage (AMD); coal waste pile; contaminated plume; DC electrical resistivity; EM34 3 conductivity data; inversion model; pyrite oxidation; tailing impoundment; VLF EM method

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL WASTES; CONDUCTIVITY DATA; CONTAMINATED PLUME; INVERSION MODELS; PYRITE OXIDATION; VLF-EM METHOD;

COAL PREPARATION; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; POROUS MATERIALS; TAILINGS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PILES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COAL; DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; IMPOUNDMENT; INFILTRATION; LEACHATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PLUME; PYRITE; TAILINGS;

ALBORZ; IRAN;

EID: 84874828709     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG12006     Document Type: Article

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