A statistical approach to evaluate the relation of coal mining, land reclamation, and surface-water quality in Ohio
Water-Resources Investigations Report
84-4117
By: Janet Hren, K. S. Wilson, and D.R. Helsel
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Abstract
Base-flow data from 779 sites in Ohio 's coal region were analyzed statistically to relate land use to selected water-quality characteristics. Sites were classified into five categories: unmined (100 percent unmined land), abandoned (50 percent or more abandoned surface mines), reclaimed (50 percent or more reclaimed surface mines), deep-mined (50 percent or more underground mines), and mixed (all others). Specific conductance , pH, alkalinity, acidity, sulfate, dissolved iron, total iron, and total manganese in streams draining basins in the coal region were the eight characteristics selected for analysis. (USGS)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | A statistical approach to evaluate the relation of coal mining, land reclamation, and surface-water quality in Ohio |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 84-4117 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri844117 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | iv, 325 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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