Modelling remediation scenarios in historical mining catchments

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6952-6963

  Gamarra, Javier G P ^a,b   Brewer, Paul A ^a   Macklin, Mark G ^a   Martin, Katherine ^a,c,d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Dwr Cymru Welsh Water ^*

^d Welsh Water   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAESAR landscape evolution model; Mine remediation; Sediment associated contaminant dispersal; Stochastic rainfall simulation; TRACER

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DISPERSAL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MINING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POINT SOURCE; RAINFALL; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; STOCHASTICITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EUROPE;

POLLUTANT; RAIN;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EUROPE; MINING; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; EUROPE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84901217993     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2170-3     Document Type: Article

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