Potential of coal mine waste rock for generating acid mine drainage

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 160, Issue , 2016, Pages 44-54

  Qureshi, Asif ^a   Maurice, Christian ^a   Öhlander, Björn ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acid base accounting (ABA); Acid mine drainage (AMD); Coal mine waste rock; PHREEQC; Weathering cells

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DRAINAGE; KAOLINITE; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING; ZINC;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID-BASE ACCOUNTING; CHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MINE WASTE ROCKS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHREEQC;

COAL MINES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL MINE; LEACHATE; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; PH;

LAKHRA COALFIELD; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84947598285     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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