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Main Title Brine migration from a flooded salt mine in Livingston County, New York : geochemical modeling and simulation of variable-density flow /
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Author Title of a Work
Yager, Richard M.
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Year Published 2009
OCLC Number 421149440
ISBN 9781411325029 (soft cover report : alk. paper); 1411325028 (soft cover report : alk. paper)
Subjects Salt mines and mining--New York (State)--Livingston County ; Groundwater--Pollution--New York (State)--Livingston County ; Water salinization--Control--New York (State)--Livingston County
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ELBM  QE75.P9 2009 no.1767 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 06/01/2011
Collation vii, 51 p. ; ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-50).
Contents Notes
Hydrogeologic setting -- Mine flooding and aftermath -- Flooding and formation of rubble chimneys -- Water-level recovery and migration of brine -- Interception of brine and saline water -- Geochemical modeling -- Inverse models -- Forward models -- Discussion of results from geochemical modeling -- Simulated migration of brine and saline water during recovery of water levels -- One-dimensional flow -- Three-dimensional flow -- Model design -- Model calibration -- Model results -- Discussion of results -- Simulated pumping of brine and saline water -- Model design -- Model results -- Model sensitivity -- Discussion of results -- Implications for future mitigation efforts -- Current conditions in the collapse area -- Considerations for future mitigation.