A procedure for predicting concentrations of dissolved solids and sulfate ion in streams draining areas strip mined for coal

Open-File Report 80-764
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Current trends in increased coal production neccessitate the development of techniques to appraise the environmental degradation that results from strip mining. A procedure is introduced for the prediction of dissolved-solids and sulfate-ion concentrations in streams draining strip-mined areas as functions of the percentage of the drainage area that has been strip mined. These relationships are expressed by regression equations computed from data collected in streams draining strip-mined areas of Cherokee and Crawford Counties in southeast Kansas.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title A procedure for predicting concentrations of dissolved solids and sulfate ion in streams draining areas strip mined for coal
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 80-764
DOI 10.3133/ofr80764
Year Published 1980
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Kansas Water Science Center
Description 17 p.
Country United States
State Kansas
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