Environmental impact of the abandoned coal mines on the surface water and the groundwater quality in the south of Bochum, Germany

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3251-3267

  Alhamed, Mohammad ^a,b   Wohnlich, Stefan ^b  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abandoned coal mines; Acid mine drainage; Environmental hazard; Mine hydrogeology; Surface water and groundwater quality

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; ZINC SULFIDE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGEN; IRON;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINE CONDITIONS; CALCIUM BICARBONATE; CONCENTRATION OF FE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES;

COAL MINES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ALKALINITY; COAL MINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELDWORK; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MINERAL; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BOCHUM; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 84919839391     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3230-9     Document Type: Article

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