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Use Of limestone resources in flue-gas desulfurization power plants in the Ohio River Valley Use Of limestone resources in flue-gas desulfurization power plants in the Ohio River Valley

In 1994, more than 41 of the approximately 160 coal-fired, electrical- power plants within the six-state Ohio River Valley region used flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) units to desulfurize their emissions, an approximately 100% increase over the number of plants using FGD units in 1989. This increase represents a trend that may continue with greater efforts to meet Federal Clean Air Act...
Authors
M. P. Foose, A.F. Barsotti

Preliminary effects of water hardness on triactinomyxon production and development from eastern tubifex worms infected with Myxobolus cerebralis Preliminary effects of water hardness on triactinomyxon production and development from eastern tubifex worms infected with Myxobolus cerebralis

Whirling disease is caused by Myxobolus cerebralis and requires an intermediate oligochaete host identified as Tubifex tubifex (Wolf, Markiw, and Hiltunen, 1986). M. cerebralis spores ingested by the tubifex worms develop into triactinomyxons (tams) that are eventually released into the water column to infect salmonid fish. There may be many environmental parameters, biotic or abiotic...
Authors
Thomas B. Waldrop, Christine Densmore, Vicki Blazer, Dave Smith, Bane Schill

An overview of the status of industrial minerals in the United States An overview of the status of industrial minerals in the United States

The production and consumption of industrial minerals in the United States traditionally have played important roles in mining and in the supply of the bulk of basic raw materials to the economy. This diverse group of minerals extracted and consumed by a variety of industries accounts, on a weight and volume basis, for most mineral-based products consumed in our economy. Industrial...
Authors
Aldo F. Barsotti

Design approaches in quarrying and pit-mining reclamation Design approaches in quarrying and pit-mining reclamation

Reclaimed mine sites have been evaluated so that the public, industry, and land planners may recognize there are innovative designs available for consideration and use. People tend to see cropland, range, and road cuts as a necessary part of their everyday life, not as disturbed areas despite their high visibility. Mining also generates a disturbed landscape, unfortunately one that many...
Authors
Belinda F. Arbogast

Workgroup V synopsis: constructed wetlands as a risk mitigation alternative Workgroup V synopsis: constructed wetlands as a risk mitigation alternative

No abstract available.
Authors
John H. Rodgers, Gary W. Dickson, Tom Dillon, Philip B. Dorn, Janis E. Farmer, Robert A. Gearheart, Jerry F. Hall, Beverly McFarland, Marcia K. Nelson, Peter Nix, Curtis J. Richardson, Dennis P. Tierney

Marine mammal survey and assessment methods Marine mammal survey and assessment methods

This volume comprises the proceedings of a symposium on marine mammal survey assessment methods, which took place in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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