Field and Laboratory Methods Applicable to Overburden and Mine Soils

Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange Environmental Impact Statement

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Date Published:

March 1978

Authors:

Andrew A. Sobek

John R. Freeman

Richard M. Smith

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

William A. Schuller

This report provides chemical, physical, mineralogical, and microbiological procedures for the analysis of coal overburdens and the resultant minesoils. These step-by-step methods identify and measure rock and soil properties that influence advance planning, mining efficiency, post-mining land and water quality and long range land use.

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Sobek, A., W.A. Schuller, J.R. Freeman, and R.M. Smith. 1978. Field and Laboratory Methods Applicable to Overburden and Mine Soils. EPA-600/2-78-054. Cincinnati, Ohio: Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. March.

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