Concentration-discharge relationships in the coal mined region of the New River basin and Indian Fork sub-basin, Tennessee, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 718-728

  Murphy, J C ^a,b   Hornberger, G M ^b   Liddle, R G ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Log log regression; Surface coal mining; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; HYDROLOGY DATA; HYSTERESIS PLOTS; INFLUENCE OF WATER; LOG-LOG REGRESSION; SURFACE COAL MINING; THREE COMPONENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

COAL MINES; RIVERS; STORMS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HYSTERESIS;

COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; TRIBUTARY; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

NEW RIVER BASIN [UNITED STATES]; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891739375     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9603     Document Type: Article

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