Water management at abandoned flooded underground mines [electronic resource] : fundamentals, tracer tests, modelling, water treatment / Christian Wolkersdorfer.

Switching off the pumps of a mine is one of the last steps in the lifetime of a surface or underground mine. As the water in the open space raises, the water might become contaminated with different pollutants and eventually starts to flow in the open voids. This book addresses the processes related...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Wolkersdorfer, C. (Christian), 1964-
Corporate Author: International Mine Water Association
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer, ©2008.
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Summary:Switching off the pumps of a mine is one of the last steps in the lifetime of a surface or underground mine. As the water in the open space raises, the water might become contaminated with different pollutants and eventually starts to flow in the open voids. This book addresses the processes related to mine abandonment from a hydrogeological perspective. After an introduction to the relevant hydrogeochemical processes the book gives detailed information about mine closure procedures. Based on in-situ measurements the hydrodynamic processes in a flooded mine are described and some of the mine c.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 465 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-420) and index.
ISBN:9783540773313
3540773312
9783540773306
3540773304
1281206431
9781281206435
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Source of description: Print version record.