Mobilisation and attenuation of boron during coal mine ...
Sep 15, 2006· Coal mining can expose coalbearing waste rock and coalbearing outcrops to oxidation and leaching by rain and groundwater, allowing enhanced mobilization of B from the coal (Severson and Gough, 1983, Nable et al., 1997, Argust, 1998). This B mobilization can persist when mines close and rehabilitation has occurred, as rainwater continues to ...