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By James A. Jacobs

Provides the instruments had to research and resolve acid drainage problems

Featuring contributions from prime specialists in technology and engineering, this publication explores the advanced biogeochemistry of acid mine drainage, rock drainage, and acid sulfate soils. It describes find out how to are expecting, hinder, and remediate the environmental impression of acid drainage and the oxidation of sulfides, supplying the newest sampling and analytical tools. in addition, readers will become aware of new techniques for getting better priceless assets from acid mine drainage, together with bioleaching.

Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage, and Acid Sulfate Soils studies the most up-tp-date findings within the box, delivering new insights into the underlying reasons in addition to new instruments to lessen the damage of acid drainage:

  • Part I: Causes of Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage and Sulfate Soils specializes in the biogeochemistry of acid drainage in several environments.
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    Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic formats. com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Acid mine drainage, rock drainage, and acid sulfate soils : causes, assessment, prediction, prevention, and remediation / edited by James A. Jacobs, Jay H. Lehr, Stephen M. Testa. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-470-48786-0 (cloth) 1. Acid mine drainage. I. Jacobs, James A.

    1 Gated adit protecting public safety; untreated water is a source of acid mine drainage. 2 Dilapidated historic structure poses a risk to public safety. 3 Repository with poor vegetation cover and rills and gullies caused by erosion. 4 Waste rock and other material were dumped down the side of a steep slope. Erosion and surface water runoff quality are of concern at this site. 5 Waste material left in place adjacent to a removal area. Run-on from the contaminated area is affecting the reclaimed area.

    4 Daily monitoring reporting form for use with Method 1627. S. 5 Weekly monitoring reporting form for use with Method 1627. S. ) Guide Cover Table of Contents Preface Part Chapter Pages ix x xi xiii xiv 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 121 120 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 PREFACE Acid drainage is a widespread universal biogeochemical process that has existed on Earth for eons, producing acidic waters rich in sulfuric acid and toxic metals, as well as potential resources.

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