Petrological and geochemical analysis of coal mine spoil to determine the source of magnesium-rich groundwater, Star Fire Mine, Eastern Kentucky
The Star Fire Coal Mine is a large strip mining operation (10,000 acre permit) that produces mine spoil consisting of sandstones, shales, siltstones, and underclays of the Pennsylvanian Breathitt Formation. Chemical analysis of groundwater from the saturated mine spoil show unusually high magnesium...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/186769 http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1189406 |