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acid mine drainage

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acid mine drainage [′as·əd ′mīn ‚drā·nij]
(mining engineering)
Drainage from bituminous coal mines containing a large concentration of acidic sulfates, especially ferrous sulfate.


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The formed acid in the coal mines causes acid mine drainage in the environment, and CaCO3 is used for its treatment (Aziz et al.
Frodeman previously orchestrated The Southwest Earth Studies Program, a REU that united five earth science students with five philosophy students to examine issues surrounding acid mine drainage in Colorado.
Once bank-stained and dead from acid mine drainage, the upper Arkansas will soon hold trout--and great promise for cleanup of other western streams.
 
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