Impact of Sewage Sludge on Groundwater Quality at a Formerly Remediated Tailings Impoundment;Einfluss von Klärschlamm auf die Grundwasserqualität unter einem sanierten Tailings-Becken

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-78

  Nason, Peter ^a   Alakangas, Lena ^a   Öhlander, Björn ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Field scale experiment; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906763659     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-013-0244-6     Document Type: Article

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