Identification of hazards for water environment in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin caused by the discharge of salt mine water containing particularly harmful substances and radionuclides

The Upper Silesian urban-industrial agglomeration is one of the most industrialized areas in Europe. The intense industrialization should be attributed mostly to the presence of coal and other minerals deposits and its extraction. Mining areas of hard coal mines comprise approximately 25% of the tot...

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Main Authors: Jan Bondaruk, Ewa Janson, Małgorzata Wysocka, Stanisław Chałupnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Central Mining Institute (Główny Instytut Górnictwa) 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Sustainable Mining
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2300396015301221