Ground Water, May 1st, 2001
David Banks (1) Introduction Water in mine systems is often highly contaminated, due to the oxidation of sulphide minerals ubiquitous in most coals and metal ores (Banks et al. 1997a, 1997b). Predicting the rate at which abandoned mines fill with water and subsequently overflow to surface water and ground water recipients has become a pressing issue in many nations, due to widespread closures of deep mines for economic or political reasons (Younger and Sherwood 1993). Given the complexity of many mine systems (in the UK, coal mines can interconnect over several tens of kilometers [Banks et ...
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