Hydrochemical characteristics and quality assessment of deep groundwater from the coal-bearing aquifer of the Linhuan coal-mining district, Northern Anhui Province, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Lin, Man Li ^a,b   Peng, Wei Hua ^c   Gui, He Rong ^a,b  

^a SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Engineering Research Center of Coal Mining Exploration   (China)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coal mining district; Groundwater; Heavy metals; Hydrogeochemistry; Northern Anhui Province; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ALKALINITY; AQUIFERS; CALCITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HEAVY METALS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; POTABLE WATER; SILICATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER QUALITY; WEATHERING;

CHINESE NATIONAL STANDARD; COAL MINING; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HYDRO GEOCHEMISTRIES; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NORTHERN ANHUI PROVINCES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM SULFATE; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COAL; COPPER; DOLOMITE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HALITE; HEAVY METAL; ION; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MINERAL; NICKEL; POTASSIUM ION; SILICATE; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUIFER; COAL MINE; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHINA; COAL MINING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GIBBS PLOT; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; ROCK; SOLID; STANDARD; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WEATHERING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHER;

ANHUI; CHINA;

CHINA; COAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER;

EID: 84982784028     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5199-1     Document Type: Article

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