Hydrogeochemical features of surface water and groundwater contaminated with acid mine drainage (AMD) in coal mining areas: a case study in southern Brazil

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 18911-18927

  Galhardi, Juliana Aparecida ^a   Bonotto, Daniel Marcos ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Coal mine; Groundwater contamination; Iron; Sulfate; Water quality indicator

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AQUIFER POLLUTION; COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER; TAILINGS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BRAZIL; PARANA [BRAZIL];

GROUND WATER; METAL; MINERAL; SULFATE; SULFIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRAZIL; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; METALS; MINERALS; RIVERS; SULFATES; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84975512705     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7077-3     Document Type: Article

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